picture that provides a spectacular view of Carina ’s star formation sites. The nebula contains stars equivalent to over 25,000 Suns , and the total mass of gas and dust clouds is that of about 140,000 Suns . Photo credit: ESO/APEX/T. Preibisch et al. (Submillimetre); N. Smith, University of Minnesota/NOAO/AURA/NSF (Optical)