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Stars are forming in this cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula (M16), 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Serpens.

Photograph taken by Hubble Space Telescope, ref: WFPC2 PRC95-44a STScl OPO Credit: Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), and NASA. Photographer: HST (Goddard); Date: Nov 2, 1995

This image was created with support from Space Telescope Science Institute, operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., from NASA contract NAS5-26555, and is reproduced with permission from AURA/STScI.
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