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MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Secrets of a stellar nursery in the Carina Nebula in our Milky Way have been revealed in a new telescope infrared image, European astronomers say.
The cloud of glowing gas and dust is one of the closest incubators of very massive stars to the Earth and includes several of the brightest and heaviest stars known, they said, but many of its secrets are hidden behind thick clouds of dust.
The resulting image, combined from hundreds of individual images, is the most detailed infrared mosaic of the nebula ever taken, the release said.
Hundreds of thousands of faint stars that were previously invisible in optical images can be seen, astronomers said.
One of the brightest stars in the nebula is Eta Carinae, which is likely to explode as a supernova in the near future in astronomical terms, the release said.
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MONTREAL, June 1 (UPI) --
Police in Montreal Friday identified a man who was killed and dismembered as a Chinese university student and said the suspect in the case may be in France.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
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HOUSTON, June 1 (UPI) --
The silhouette created as Venus transits the face of the sun Tuesday will be widely visible across seven continents, U.S. space officials said.
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HOLMES BEACH, Fla., June 1 (UPI) --
Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
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