There is a new cosmic mystery out there. The Herschel Space Observatory has used its infared telescope to find a hole in space which many scientists believe is the final stages of the star forming process. No one has ever seen a hole like this before.
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The astronomers think the hole must have been opened when the narrow jets of gas from some of the young stars in the region punctured the sheet of dust and gas that forms NGC 1999. The powerful radiation from a nearby mature star may have also helped to create the hole, researchers said.
Whatever the exact cause of the hole may be, the discovery may be an important glimpse into the way newborn stars shake off their birth clouds that helps astronomers develop a better understanding of the entire star-forming process, researchers said.
