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 Beyond the Solar System: Stars: Stars: Cosmic Beacons The stars that 'twinkle, twinkle' in the night...

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Infrared view of the spiral galaxy IC 342
 Tangled Galaxy Sunday, January 22, 2012
Infrared view of starbirth in the vast nebula complex Cygnus X
 Busy Nursery Friday, January 13, 2012
Optical and radio image of the Carina Nebula, a vast stellar nursery
 Birthplace of the Stars Thursday, November 17, 2011
Radio image of the Antenna galaxies
 Boundless Starbirth Wednesday, October 5, 2011
IC 2944, a stellar nursery in the constellation Centaurus
 Seeing Red Thursday, September 22, 2011
X-ray view of the Carina Nebula, a stellar nursery 7,500 light-years from Earth
 Star Factory Thursday, May 26, 2011
Artist's concept of TW Hydra, a young star encircled by a disk of gas and dust
 Messy Youngster Monday, April 25, 2011
A view of NGC 3582, a large stellar nursery in Karina
 Life and Death Tuesday, April 19, 2011
New stars and the raw materials for more stars in the stellar nursery NGC 6729
 Star Maker Thursday, March 24, 2011
Spiral galaxy NGC 3621 in the constellation Hydra
 Galactic Sparkler Wednesday, February 2, 2011
False-color image of Orion Nebula from European Southern Observatory
 Delicate Power Friday, January 21, 2011
Hubble view of Hanny's Voorwerp and the galaxy IC 2497
 In the Spotlight Tuesday, January 11, 2011
NGC 4666, a starburst galaxy
 Lively Galaxy Friday, September 3, 2010

Radio Programs

 AP Columbae A nearby stellar youngster Saturday, January 14, 2012
Wet Universe Sprinkling water throughout the cosmos Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Milky Way’s Heart V Youngsters at the heart of the Milky Way Friday, September 30, 2011
Smith's Cloud A future stellar nursery Sunday, July 17, 2011
Moon and Antares Giving birth to a big family of stars Monday, July 11, 2011
M83 Livening up the galactic boondocks Tuesday, April 26, 2011
TW Hydra Watching some stellar infants Monday, April 25, 2011
Orion Nebula Discovering a stellar nursery Friday, December 3, 2010
Stellar Heavyweight Bulked-up stars in a nearby galaxy Sunday, October 17, 2010
Protoplanetary Disks Stirring up some new stars Monday, October 4, 2010
CTB 102 A giant but hidden stellar nursery Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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