X-Ray Mystery
A mere 6,000 light-years distant and sailing through the constellation Vela, star cluster RCW 38 is full of powerful stars. It's no surprise that these stars, only a million years young with hot outer atmospheres, appear as point-like sources dotting this x-ray image from the orbiting Chandra Observatory.
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