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Storm of Stars in the Trifid Nebula

Storm of Stars in the Trifid Nebula
Date taken Wed Jan 29 2014 Authorship NASA's JPL centre Keywords & Keyphrases Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WISE Metadata JSON

Behind the image

Radiation and winds from massive stars have blown a cavity into the surrounding dust and gas, creating the Trifid nebula, as seen here in infrared light by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.