The
Herschel observatory sees extremely well in far-infrared wavelengths,
allowing scientists to seek out and study stellar nurseries such as
Cygnus-X -- places where dense clumps of gas have been gently heated by
stars. In the new photo, bright white areas highlight areas where large
stars have recently formed out of such clouds, researchers said. These
clumps are particularly evident in the right-hand side of the image,
which shows a chaotic network of filaments... In the center of the
picture, intense radiation from stars undetected at Herschel's
wavelengths has partly cleared and heated interstellar material, which
glows blue in this representation, researchers said. The small red blobs
scattered throughout the image map out the relatively cold seeds of
future stars.
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