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English: An artists conception of the birth of star L1014.
Español: Impresion artistica de la NASA del nacimiento de la estrella L1014.
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"In this artist's conception, observers peer through the dark dust of L1014 to witness the birth of a star. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected a faint, warm object inside the apparently starless core of a small, dense molecular cloud. If, as astronomers suspect, there is a young star deep inside the dusty core, it would have a structure similar to this illustration.
"Dark dust from the cloud, attracted by the gravity of the newborn star, forms a disc as it spirals inward. Often, the hidden birth of a star is heralded by bipolar outflows, jets of material moving outward from the star's poles. Although astronomers do see a faint 'fan-shaped nebulosity' where they might expect the jet to be, the existence of the jet has yet to be confirmed."
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Author NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Other versions Derivative works of this file:  EvolutionSystèmeSolaire-fragment2.png

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current16:43, 11 October 2008Thumbnail for version as of 16:43, 11 October 20082,560 × 1,920 (1.61 MB)Henrykus{{Information |Description={{en|An artists conception of the birth of star L1014.}} {{es|Impresion artistica de la NASA del nacimiento de la estrella L1014.}} :The full caption reads: :"In this artist's conception, observers peer through the dark dust of
20:36, 15 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 20:36, 15 October 2006516 × 387 (153 KB)RJHallArtist's conception of the birth of a star.
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