“Chasing stars, not ghosts 👻⁣”

Nagbahagi ang National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ng isang kamangha-manghang larawan ng NGC 28 o "Pac-Man Nebula" na matatagpuan umano 6,500 light-years ang layo mula sa Earth.

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Sa isang Instagram post nitong Linggo, Agosto 6, inihayag nasabing “bundle of stars” ay 1,000 light-years na mataas sa Milky Way.

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“These high-mass stars are responsible for most of the energy that gets pumped into our galaxy,” pagpapaliwanag ng NASA.

“There are powerful winds and intense radiation flowing throughout that create charged particles which drive many aspects of their galactic environment.”

Ayon pa sa NASA, may dalawang subregions ang NGC 281: ang upper middle region na nagtataglay ng purple 10-million degree gas at ang younger region na makikita umano sa ibaba ng ibinahaging larawan.

“Evidence shows that the beige cloud on the lower right of the image was triggered by a previous star formation,” anang NASA.

“The isolated star formation on the left side seems to have been occurring at the same time as the other stars in the cluster which leads us to believe that an external force triggered the ‘baby boom’ of stars,” saad pa nito.