Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
Dust clouds and embedded newborn stars glow at infrared wavelengths in this false-color composition from WISE. This features one of the closest star-forming regions , part of the Rho Ophicuhi cloud complex some 400 light years distant. After forming along a large cloud of molecular hydrogen gas, young stars heat the surrounding dust to produce the infrared glow. Stars in the process of formation, called young stellar objects, (YSOs) are embedded in the pinkish nebulae seen here .
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