"stellar nursery" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1964 January 1, Ronald Kotulak, “City's science role boosted during year”, in Chicago Tribune, page C18",
          "text": "Karl Henize, a Northwestern astronomer, reported finding a cluster of 33 stars in a stellar nursery. The stars recently condensed from surrounding clouds of dust.",
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          "ref": "1993 January 8, Paul Leavitt, “Satellite gives boost to 'Big Bang' theory”, in USA Today, page O3A",
          "text": "NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite photographed dusty regions of the Milky Way, which are our galaxy's stellar nurseries.",
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          "ref": "2006 November 2, “Space policy: Mercy mission”, in Economist, retrieved 2011-07-22",
          "text": "Since its launch in 1990 the Hubble space telescope has captured beautiful images of the universe, such as the birth of stars in stellar nurseries.",
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        "An area of outer space within a dense nebula in which gas and dust are contracting, resulting in the formation of new stars."
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        "(astronomy) An area of outer space within a dense nebula in which gas and dust are contracting, resulting in the formation of new stars."
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