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| Journeys in Imagination Stills Gallery One of the most unique star-birth regions is the Eagle Nebula (also called M16). Most of this cloud is so dense and cool that its hydrogen atoms are bound as molecules.These molecular hydrogen atoms are the raw material for building new stars. The young stars emit intense ultraviolet radiation which is so energetic that it heats the surrounding gas, causing it to glow like a fluorescent light bulb.
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