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Hubble captures a cosmic birth–destruction cycle in a nearby nebula

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Source: Live Science
Hubble captures a cosmic birth–destruction cycle in a nearby nebula
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A new Hubble image of LHA 120-N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud reveals a 210-by-140 light-year superbubble filled with almost 30,000 newborn stars, showing how massive stars carve out cavities with winds and supernovas while compressing surrounding gas to trigger new star formation—the cosmic cycle of destruction and creation.

Topics:science#hubble-space-telescope#large-magellanic-cloud#n44-nebula#space#star-formation#stellar-feedback
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  1. Haunting Hubble 'bubble' image captures cosmic cycle of destruction and creation  Live Science
  2. Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud  NASA (.gov)
  3. N44 Superbubble, Hubble’s Monthly Image of a Star-Carved Void  TechEBlog -
  4. NASA's Hubble telescope captures picture of 'superbubble' | LMC largest of small galaxies orbiting Milky Way | Inshorts  Inshorts

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