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University of Cologne

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Observation of the Cygnus X Region with the flying observatory SOFIA revealed that stars form there more quickly than previously assumed.

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NASA Spitzer/IRAC MIPS, USRA/SOFIA (L. Proudfit, L. Bonne) and University of Cologne (N. Schneider)

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