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                               2019 October 2
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                    Molecular Clouds in the Carina Nebula
                  Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]Hubble

   Explanation: They are not alive -- but they are dying. The unusual
   forms found in the [6]Carina nebula, a few of which are featured here,
   might best be described as [7]evaporating. Energetic light and winds
   from nearby stars are breaking apart the dark [8]dust grains that make
   the [9]iconic forms opaque. Ironically the [10]figures, otherwise known
   as dark [11]molecular clouds or bright rimmed [12]globules, frequently
   create in their midst the very stars that later [13]destroy them. The
   floating space structures pictured here by the orbiting [14]Hubble
   Space Telescope span a few light months. The [15]Great Nebula in Carina
   itself spans about 30 [16]light years, lies about 7,500 light years
   away, and can be seen with a small telescope toward the constellation
   of Keel([17]Carina).

                Tomorrow's picture: galaxy in the local group
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   4. https://www.esa.int/
   5. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/index.html
   6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190623.html
   7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGjwe-BCfms
   8. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ARA&A..41..241D/abstract
   9. https://lafeber.com/mammals/wp-content/uploads/guinea-pig-px-2146091-900-300x300.jpg
  10. http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/131/5/2580/fulltext/205118.text.html
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120129.html
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bok_globule
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100426.html
  14. http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/hubble_essentials/
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula
  16. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/en/
  17. https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/carina.html
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