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Hubble space telescope pictures from outer spaceThe swirling fiery cloud dotted with twinkling stars could be the product of an artist's wildest fantasy, for the cover of a science fiction novel.But it is, in fact, all the universe's own work.
Taken by the £770million Hubble Space Telescope, the image is of one of the Milky Way's best-known constellations - Sagittarius.And with its incredible detail, it has turned years of scientific thought on its head.
Generationsof astronomers believed a single star was at the centre of the constellation, 8,000 light years from Earth.Although it is not clear to the untrained eye, expert analysis of the image reveals there are two, or even three, stars at the centre, producing this cloud.
When astronomers thought there was just one star, it was measured at 300 times the size of our sun. The two, or three, stars, in the cluster known as Pismis 24, are each still thought to be 100 times bigger. The bright light they give off excites gas and dust in the cloud, creating spectacular colours.
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