Artist Impression of Orion’s Young Stars

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Artist Impression of Orion’s Young Stars

Artist’s impression of two young stars orbiting each other within dark, dusty clouds in the Orion star-forming region. One star glows white and the other blue, with surrounding gas and dust obscuring much of the scene.

Artist’s impression of two young stars orbiting each other inside the dusty Orion star-forming complex. Because clouds of gas and dust hide these systems at visible and infrared wavelengths, astronomers used the NSF Very Long Baseline Array to observe them in radio light and measure their orbital motion and masses directly. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss

Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss

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Artist Impression of Orion’s Young Stars

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