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Thursday, January 19, 2006
Nebula N83B - Courtesy Nasa/Esa
Intense radiation from newly born, ultra-bright stars in nebula N83B, also known as NGC 1748, carve out a large cavity in the gas surrounding them. The "bubble" of vanished gas is 25 light years in diameter.