A white, yellow, and brown cloud of dust and gas on a deep lapis background. Bright young stars appear pink and red.
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"Hot young stars in your area are ionizing clouds of hydrogen with their intense ultraviolet emissions."
The stellar nursery NGC 2174, about 6400 light years away in Orion.
Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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