• JOURNEY TO THE STARS - Orion Nebula
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    In the stellar nursery within the Orion Nebula, young stars are forming before our eyes from a giant cloud of interstellar gas and dust much as the Sun did almost five billion years ago.

    Image from the "Journey to the Stars" planetarium show which takes viewers on an intergalactic journey through time and space to explore the life cycles of the stars,. It opens to the public Oct. 2 at the museum’s Einstein Planetarium.

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  • JOURNEY TO THE STARS - Orion Nebula

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