Embargoed Until: 1:00 a.m. (EDT) October 5, 2000
The Hubble telescope has
peered deep into a neighboring galaxy to reveal details of the formation of new
stars. Hubble's target was a newborn star cluster within the Small Magellanic
Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. The picture shows young,
brilliant stars cradled within a nebula, or glowing cloud of gas, cataloged as
N 81.
Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)