Pictured above is one of several striking dust pillars of the Eagle Nebula that might be described as a gigantic alien fairy.

上图为鹰状星云若干突出的尘埃柱之一，就像是一个巨大的外星精灵。

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The blue glow that surrounds the blue Horsehead's eye — and other stars around the image — is a reflection nebula composed of fine dust.

环绕着蓝色马头的眼睛部位的蓝色光芒——与周围其它恒星——是一个由细尘埃组成的反射星云。

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Here, the bright star near the dust vortex creates the light of surrounding reflection nebula.

在这里，尘埃涡流附近的亮恒星使附近的反射星云呈蓝色。

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Resembling the towers of the Eagle Nebula, columns of dust shown in the image are oriented toward the central star cluster, pointing to its role in stellar birth.

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Mr. EICHER: We can't really understand the solar system and how it got going unless we can really understand the origins and the conditions that happened when the solar nebula, this cloud of gas and dust, contracted down and the star turned on and the planets got going.

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