Starburst region

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A starburst region is a region of space that is undergoing a large amount of star formation. A starburst is an astrophysical process that involves star formation occurring at a rate that is large compared to the rate that is typically observed.

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Image: Credit: NASA, Jeff Hester, and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.