Matteo Luisi (IMAGE)

West Virginia University

Matteo Luisi

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An international team led by West Virginia University researchers studied RCW 120 to analyze the effects of stellar feedback, and found that RCW 120 must be less than 150,000 years old, which is very young for such a nebula.

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