Baby Stars Hatching in Orion’s Head
A new image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars “hatching” in the head of Orion, the famous hunter constellation visible from northern hemispheres during winter nights. Astronomers suspect that shockwaves from a 3-million-year-old explosion of a massive star may have initiated this newfound birth.
The region featured in the Spitzer image is called Barnard 30. It is located approximately 1,300 light-years away and sits on the right side of Orion’s head, just north of the massive star Lambda Orionis.
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On the 7th of March 2007, at breaktime in the science department, there was a bomb scare.
The Science Department received a strange package with no indication of what it was.
Mr. Matthews bravely volunteered to open the parcel, with no regard for his own safety. He carefully unwrapped the different layers, until it was down to a small piece of bubble wrap. Here he exclaimed that it was ticking. Summoning up the last of his courage he unwrapped the last of the bubble wrap, to reveal…a small china dog.
So to scare Mr. Matthews, all you need is some bubble wrap and parcel tape.
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