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Stellar Toddlers
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The rubric ‘stellar toddlers’ seemed to haunt
with astrals of unsteady gait on high
endeavoring to take a stellar jaunt
although in fixed position in the sky,
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fixed seemingly to us within our gaze
in Eagle Nebula where ‘Pillars’ rise
those ‘of Creation’ called in words of praise,
celestially immense in cosmic size.
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They’re seven thousand light-years far away
and stretching four to five light-years in scope,
for Mankind oft submerged in deep dismay
iconic in their image huge in hope.
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This open cluster starry is the home
where these sidereals recently wrought
reside, amidst the seas of cosmic foam
with deaths and births empyreal e’er fraught.
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To say they formed recently is of course
a term that’s relative for spatial time.
Indeed the cosmos is a tour de force
beyond our ken, in every sense sublime,
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albeit humankind appears to choose
to be immersed in skirmishes aground
in lieu of gravitating to the views
of all the awesome wonders that abound.
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~ Harley White
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Image and info ~ This open star cluster is home to stellar “toddlers” that formed recently. They emit ultraviolet radiation that causes the surrounding nebula of cosmic material to glow. These stars shine from the Eagle Nebula, which is home to the iconic Pillars of Creation (not in this field of view). This Hubble Classic view focuses in on a small portion of the nebula, which is located roughly 7,000 light-years away.
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Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/3ZCU3yE
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Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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