![]() ![]() The discovery of such a wealth of X-ray stars in the closest massive star-forming region to Earth (only 1,500 light years away) is expected to have a profound impact on our understanding of star formation and evolution. The Orion region is a dense congregation of about 2,000 very young stars formed during the past few million years. The discovery-the richest field of X-ray sources ever obtained in the history of X-ray astronomy-will be presented on Friday, January 14, at the 195th national meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Atlanta, Georgia. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has resolved nearly a thousand faint X-ray-emitting stars in a single observation of young stars in the Orion Nebula. Chandra Finds X-ray Star Bonanza in the Orion Nebula
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