The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

M20

By dtrapani at Tue, 08/19/2008 - 4:58pm
M20

Trifid Nebula

Submitted by kuky
on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 10:15pm

Now this is a GREAT pic

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