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- adjective astronomy Describing a region of
space in which newstars are beingformed
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Aboard a ship called The Long View, Bandicut and his band of exiles journey not just into the perils of a star-forming nebula, but into confrontation with a billion-year-old adversary of life as they know it.
Free eBook: Sunborn by Jeffrey A. Carver (Multiple Formats) 2009
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A new study, released today in the journal Nature, reveals first-ever news from star-forming regions both near and far â including some from the edges of the Universe, which are racing away from us the fastest because of the Universe ` s expansion.
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According to the early work of Debra Elmegreen et al; We also present B- and I-band observations of the interacting pair in order to determine the ages of tidal star-forming regions, including a newly discovered faint tail to the east of NGC 4490.
Taking The Pulse Of A Supernova – NGC 4490 | Universe Today 2010
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Many statistical studies of interacting galaxies have shown that galaxy interactions can enhance star-forming activity.
"Horsefeathers" – NGC 7770/71 Galaxy Group by Ken Crawford | Universe Today 2010
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This star-forming factory is churning out batches of new stars, some of which are monstrously massive and hotter than the sun.
Astronomical Eye Candy from WISE First Images | Universe Today 2010
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Between them stretches a trail of stars that spans some 24,000 light years as they face each other showing off their numerous star-forming regions.
Taking The Pulse Of A Supernova – NGC 4490 | Universe Today 2010
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They found four discrete star-forming regions within the galaxy, and each region was more than 100 times brighter than star-forming regions in the Milky Way, such as the Orion Nebula, and estimate that the observed galaxy is producing stars at a rate equivalent to 250 suns per year.
Galaxies in Early Universe Experienced "Growth Spurt" | Universe Today 2010
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The galaxy's light is magnified and bent by gravity to produce mirror images of each of four star-forming regions labeled A through D.
Galaxies in Early Universe Experienced "Growth Spurt" | Universe Today 2010
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The Durham-led team now plans to study other massive star-forming galaxies in the early Universe to see if they display similar characteristics.
Massive Repeated Explosions Halted Star Formation in Early Universe | Universe Today 2010
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Four new, processed pictures illustrate a sampling of the mission's targets — a bursting star-forming cloud, a faraway cluster of hundreds of galaxies, a wispy comet, and above, the grand Andromeda galaxy as we've never seen it before, with new details of its ringed arms of stars .
Astronomical Eye Candy from WISE First Images | Universe Today 2010
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