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Perfect storm of turbulent gasses
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The photograph, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, captures a small region within M17, a hotbed of star formation. M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, is located about 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Credit: NASA, ESA and J. Hester (ASU)

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