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A small portion of the Lagoon Nebula, 4,350 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius, holds thousands of stars. @NASAHubble searched the nebula for the type of disks that give rise to planets. https://go.nasa.gov/3V2UHzl
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I'm assuming that dust is iron and nickle rich?
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I love this stuff. In my childhood nebulae were just fuzzy patches on telescope images. Now the detail of their lightyears-wide structure is so clear - amazing!
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Anyone know the density of the material in nebulae, or have a handy rule of thumb to relate that to everyday experience?
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are the posts on Mastodon identical to you twitter posts?

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