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On the Cover: This infrared view of the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region from Spitzer Space Telescope shows young stars (red) surrounded by dusty disks of gas, while older stars (blue) have shed their gas cocoons. At right center, dust heated by nearby young stars glows in infrared (white).s

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