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Cloudy vision ☁️ This #HubbleFriday features “dense core” CB 130-3. This compact clump of gas and dust is the birthplace of stars! As the core collapses, its dense mass reaches the temperature required to spark hydrogen fusion, creating a new star: https://go.nasa.gov/3UM7W8c #Hubble

Hubble Views a Billowing Cosmic Cloud

A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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