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Near-infrared imaging of the Orion Molecular Cloud has revealed that an explosive event occurred in its core within the past 1000 years, ejecting at least a score of dense knots of gas at several 100 km/s.
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Burton, M.G., Allen, D.A. (1994). Artillery Shells in Orion. In: McLean, I.S. (eds) Infrared Astronomy with Arrays. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 190. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1070-9_13
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