I think I have found our mother!

[betz]

I don't know if this has been posted before, but just in case it hasn't I'll post it.
With all the hub-bub about M2K4 and the Stardust collecting comet dust, I think an important observation has been erroneously overlooked.

Recently Spitzer has photographed a glowing, stellar nursery and a young, buried star. Resembling a flaming creature on the run, this image exposes the hidden interior of a dark and dusty cloud in the emission nebula IC 1396. Young stars previously obscured by dust can be seen here for the first time.

Mom it is so good to see you again! From the stars we come, to the stars we shall return.

And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we’re apart

 

[Lisa L from MI]

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[nativetxn]

What a neat photo