'Survivor' Planets: Astronomers Witness First Steps of Planet Growth - and Destruction

Object Names: Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Bally (University of Colorado, Boulder), H. Throop (Southwest Research Institute, Boulder), and C. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University)

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Montage Image: Orion Nebula's Planetary Nurseries Torched By Radiation from Hot Star Image Type: Astronomical PRC2001-13 Proplyd in Orion Nebula Image Type: Astronomical Proplyd in Orion Nebula Image Type: Astronomical Proplyd in Orion Nebula Image Type: Astronomical

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