Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Becky explains why Messier 43 - overshadowed by the neighbouring Orion Nebula - still has a story to tell.
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Dr Becky Smethurst is the Sixty Symbols Ogden Fellow at the University of Nottingham.

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M42 video: youtu.be/KOXm7W8f6wo

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The arXiv paper discussed by Becky: arxiv.org/abs/1701.04669

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