The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

Bubble Nebula

By ebfaulkner6a at Thu, 01/01/2009 - 2:57pm

Taken from Whiting, NJ, combined 40 - one min images, Orion 80ed

Bubble Nebula