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The Cosmic Cycle

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: a-eto99-50110

Image Size 300 DPI: 18 * 13 cm

This diagram illustrates a kind of cosmic ecology. Radiation from bright stars and violently ejected gases from supernovae replenish and compress interstellar clouds of gas and dust, leading to the formation of new stars.

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2002 - ASTRONOMY - EVOLUTION - FORMATION - ILLUSTRATION - NEBULA - STAR - STAR BIRTH - STAR FORMATION - SUPERNOVA -