According to recent results and pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have come closer to seeing the actual birth of stars. The principal investigator for the infrared instrument is Rodger Thompson at the University of Arizona.
New pictures show a chaotic, active star birth region through the dark dust.
The mosaic is made of some 45 separate images taken in red, green, and blue light. But as you can see in the photograph, there are dark, black clouds obstructing the view. They use this infrared light because of the electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum is the different types of light and waves that can or cannot be seen by human sight. Using the infrared vision they can see behind these dark clouds the actual birth of stars.