AFP 2012-06-20 14:08:27 SPACE-TELESCOPE-NEBULA
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A handout photo released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on June 18, 2012 shows the most detailed image so far of a spectacular part of the stellar nursery called the War and Peace Nebula (NGC 6357) taken by the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The view shows many hot young stars, glowing clouds of gas and weird dust formations sculpted by ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds. AFP PHOTO /EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY
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