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Astronomy news update from NASA :
Why is the Lobster Nebula forming some of the most massive stars known? No one is yet sure. Cataloged as NGC 6357, the Lobster Nebula houses the open star cluster Pismis 24 near its center -- a home to unusually bright and massive stars. The overall blue glow near the inner star forming region results from the emission of ionized hydrogen gas. The surrounding nebula, featured here, holds a complex tapestry of gas, dark dust, stars still forming, and newly born stars. The intricate patterns are caused by complex interactions between interstellar winds, radiation pressures, magnetic fields, and gravity. NGC 6357 spans about 400 light years and lies about 8,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Scorpion.

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Our new 'Word Of The Day' article update : box , v :
(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes. (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in. (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical. (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap. (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form. (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box. (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object. Today is celebrated as Boxing Day in many countries.
Astronomy news update from NASA :
Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately known as a grand design spiral galaxy. It is a large galaxy of over 100 billion stars with well-defined spiral arms that is similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy. One of the brightest members of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, M100 (alias NGC 4321) is 56 million light-years distant toward the constellation of Berenice's Hair (Coma Berenices). This Hubble Space Telescope image of M100 was taken recently with the Wide Field Camera 3 and accentuates bright blue star clusters and intricate winding dust lanes which are hallmarks of this class of galaxies. Studies of variable stars in M100 have played an important role in determining the size and age of the Universe.

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