Image: Chandra X-ray View of Orion
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Description: This Chandra image shows the Orion Nebula Cluster, a rich cluster of young stars observed almost continuously for 13 days. The long observation enabled scientists to study the X-ray behavior of young Sun-like stars with ages between 1 and 10 million years. They discovered that these young stars produce violent X-ray outbursts, or flares, that are much more frequent and energetic than anything seen today from our 4.6 billion-year-old Sun.
Title: Chandra X-ray View of Orion
Credit: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/orion/
Author: NASA/CXC/Penn State/E.Feigelson & K.Getman et al.
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