Piercing the Sword of Orion - NASA Spitzer Space Telescope

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08.14.06

Piercing the Sword of Orion

Astronomers have long scrutinized the vast and layered clouds of the Orion nebula, an industrious star-making factory visible to the naked eye in the sword of the famous hunter constellation. Yet, Orion is still full of secrets.

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