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Science 18 January 2008:
Vol. 319. no. 5861, pp. 289 - 290
DOI: 10.1126/science.1153476
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ASTRONOMY:
Orion Continues to Surprise

C. R. O'Dell and Leisa K. Townsley

Observations of a nearby nebula reveal an unusual region of extremely hot gas whose high temperature is the result of wind from massive stars.

C. R. O'Dell is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA. L. K. Townsley is in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. E-mail: cr.odell{at}vanderbilt.edu, townsley{at}astro.psu.edu

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