Hubble spots 'smiling face' among group of newborn stars

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The image was taken by the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) – and shows two yellow-colored blobs above a 'smile'.

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NASA says that Hubble captured the image in an effort to understand 'star nurseries', where stars are born – focusing on stars in the galaxy cluster SDSS J0952 + 3434.

NASA says, 'Two yellow-hued blobs hang atop a sweeping arc of light. The lower, arc-shaped galaxy has the characteristic shape of a galaxy that has been gravitationally lensed – its light has passed a massive object en route to us, causing it to become distorted and stretched out of shape.

The Hubble, behind iconic images such as Pillars of Creation has watched the skies for 28 years, having launched in 1990.

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NASA says, 'Stars are born within giant clouds of gas. These massive clouds, or stellar nurseries, grow unstable and begin to collapse under gravity, becoming the seeds that will grow into new stars.

'Analyzing the luminosity, size and training of different stellar nurseries, scientists hope to learn more about the processes that can lead to the formation of a newborn star. Studying nurseries within different galaxies will provide information about star formation at different points in time and space throughout the universe.