Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Stellar Nursery

The Eagle Has Risen: Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

A billowing tower of gas and dust rises from the stellar nursery known as the Eagle Nebula. This small piece of the Eagle Nebula is 57 trillion miles long (91.7 trillion km).

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Star light, star bright,

First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.

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"Star Light, Star Bright" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16339.

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