The giant area proliferates new stars

A huge area, larger than the Orion Nebula, created countless new stars, about 14 000 light-years away from the earth hidden behind a thick cloud of dust.

It is considered to be one of the largest regions in our galaxy and is expected to bring a fuller understanding of the enormous development of objects and the universe.

This star-making area called CTB 102 is probably the birthplace of thousands of new stars. At 380 light years, this constellation is also an H II region, where the hottest and largest stars exist.

The most famous H II zone is known as the Orion Nebula. However, the new star-making zone CTB 102 is 10 times the size of the nebula.

CTB 102 may be even more brilliant!(Photo: phys.ncku.edu.tw)

The reason why CTB 102 was discovered until now is because the area is in the arms of Persues, one of the two spiral arms of the galaxy and obscured by the cloud of dust.

Scientists have known the size and distance from CTB 102 to Earth thanks to radio wave maps emitted from hydrogen gas.

This ' starry garden ' may have become so big because of the winds from its hottest stars that cause gas and dust to expand. ' Big stars are made up of dust and gas, ' said Charles Kerton, a member of the Iowa State University research group at Ames.