Sunday, September 1, 2013

Creation Moment 9/2/2013 - 'cosmic caterpillar'

Hubble telescope spots 'cosmic caterpillar'
that's six TRILLION miles long
"A previous study has called the object, which lies 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, a ‘tadpole in an interstellar pond.’ Harsh winds from extremely bright stars are blasting ultraviolet radiation at this, named IRAS 20324+4057, and sculpting the gas and dust into its long shape.

The culprits are 65 of the hottest, brightest known stars, classified as O-type stars,...

These stars, along with 500 highly luminous B-type stars, make up what is called the Cygnus OB2 association.
However, astronomers believe that the envelope of gas surrounding the protostar is being eroded by the radiation from Cygnus OB2.
MailOnline

He telleth the number of the stars;
he calleth them all by their names.
Psalm 147:4