“false-color image” of infrared emission from interstellar cloud of gas and dust (made from...

“ “false-color image” of infrared emission from false-color image” of infrared emission from interstellar cloud of gas and dust (made from space) interstellar cloud of gas and dust (made from space)

with with magnetic field map from South Polemagnetic field map from South Pole

the Carina Nebula is an example of a “stellar nursery”: an interstellar cloud where new stars are being formed

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The Balloon-borne Large Aperture The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)

The Universe at 300,000 yrs old:The Universe at 300,000 yrs old:(false-color image of microwaves emanating from (false-color image of microwaves emanating from

the entire sky)the entire sky)nothing but gas – no dust; no stars; no lifenothing but gas – no dust; no stars; no life