star-forming region

It indicates that the supernova explosion took place in the complicated and dense environment of a star-forming region.

The images show a bustling star-forming region, the remains of a star similar to the sun, and a swirling galaxy lined with stars.

Were the Tarantula Nebula at the distance of the Orion Nebula -- a local star forming region -- it would take up fully half the sky.

The image is being billed as the sharpest shot yet of the star-forming region known as NGC 604.

Composed of many overlapping clouds, the sprawling Tarantula Nebula left of center, is by far the LMC's largest star forming region.

The Herschel space telescope spotted the molecules in a star-forming region in the constellation of Orion.

Above: WISE penetrated curtains of dust that block visible light to capture this hidden star-forming region in the constellation Cepheus.

Also known as M8, the nebula is a star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarius.

The infrared signatures of proto-planetary disks have also been identified in the intense star forming region.

The interstellar cloud of gas and dust is an active star-forming region.

Explanation: It is the largest and most complex star forming region in the entire galactic neighborhood.

Called the Cone Nebula because of its conical shape in ground-based images, this giant pillar resides in a turbulent star-forming region.

But most of the hydrogen in the Universe isn't in some exciting, star-forming region.

The prominent red knot on the right is 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula, a giant star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Explanation: Giant star forming region W5 is over 200 light-years across and about 6, 500 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

The giant star-forming region is about 1, 000 light-years across.