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    ESA > Space in Images > 2012 > 01 > Stunning new Herschel and XMM-Newton image of the Eagle Nebula

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    • Title Stunning new Herschel and XMM-Newton image of the Eagle Nebula
    • Released 17/01/2012 2:23 pm
    • Copyright far-infrared: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium; X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger
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      Combining almost opposite ends of the electromagnetic spectrum, this composite of the Herschel in far-infrared and XMM-Newton’s X-ray images shows how the hot young stars detected by the X-ray observations are sculpting and interacting with the surrounding ultra-cool gas and dust, which, at only a few degrees above absolute zero, is the critical material for star formation itself. Both wavelengths would be blocked by Earth’s atmosphere, so are critical to our understanding of the lifecycle of stars

    • Id 184480

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    • Mission Herschel, XMM-Newton
    • Keywords Astronomy techniques, Astronomy targets, Astronomy techniques, X-rays, Starbirth, Infrared and sub-mm

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