This extremely deep view of the Orion Nebula is one of the best ever seen
 

This extremely deep view of the Orion Nebula is one of the best ever seen
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A powerful telescope on Earth has peered into the heart of of the Orion Nebula 1,350 light-years from Earth and found something wonderful.

The nebula is apparently home to far more objects than ever expected.

By using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, scientists were able to look at the star-forming region in infrared light.*

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This revealed multiple "low-mass objects" like brown dwarfs — also k**wn as failed stars — and even cosmic objects that have a mass similar to that of a planet.

"Understanding how many low-mass objects are found in the Orion Nebula is very important to constrain current theories of star formation," Amelia Bayo, one of the scientists on the team that took the new photo, said in a statement.* Read more...


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