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Hubble images star nursery, finds 2,500 proto-stars, giant infant.

7/6/2026

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NASA’s Hubble Telescope released an image of LH 95 in the Magellanic Cloud showing young stars, three-solar-mass stars emitting ultraviolet light and dark dust lanes that block radiation.
Hubble identified about 2,500 stars that have completed most accretion but have not yet begun fusion.
A 60–70-solar-mass star appears roughly one million years younger than neighboring four-million-year-old stars.
NASA will study with the James Webb and Roman telescopes, launching in late summer.

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NASA’s Hubble Telescope released an image of LH 95 in the Magellanic Cloud showing young stars, three-solar-mass stars emitting ultraviolet light and dark dust lanes that block radiation.
Hubble identified about 2,500 stars that have completed most accretion but have not yet begun fusion.
A 60–70-solar-mass star appears roughly one million years younger than neighboring four-million-year-old stars.
NASA will study with the James Webb and Roman telescopes, launching in late summer.