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The hottest members of the cluster produce enough ultraviolet radiation and strong winds to convert the cloud into ions and excavate it

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Spectacular Stellar Nursery IC 2944 PopWallet+ space The hottest members of theThis intriguing new view of a spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 is being released to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of ESOs Very Large Telescope. This image also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray globules silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula. These globules are under fierce bombardment from the ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot young stars. They are both being eroded away and also fragmenting,