http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/1833 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/environments/articles/harvest-dozens-new-stars <!--paging_filter--><p>A new infrared image of the reflection nebula NGC 1333, located about 1,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, reveals dozens of stars like the Sun but much younger. <p>"These newborns are less than a million years old - babies by astronomical standards," said Rob Gutermuth of the Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). "Our Sun may have formed in a similar environment 4.5 billion years ago." <p>Most of the visible light from the region's young stars is obscured by the dusty cloud in which they formed.</p> <p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/environments/articles/harvest-dozens-new-stars">read more</a></p> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:42:16 -0400 70652986 3570 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu