Cosmic Phenomena: Embryonic Star Clouds
     The first subject that will be explored are embryonic star clouds. These huge cocoons of dust grains, gas, and molecules are the birthplace of stars. Some of these cocoons are very interesting in there shape and size (some must be measured in light-years), and you may browse through the pictures below. When you click on a picture, you will get the enlarged version with a description of it.

Nebula N81
Nebula N81
Nebula NGC 604
Nebula NGC 604
Galaxy M16
Galaxy M16

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