Picture of the Day – Herschel Finds a Hole in Space
via spacefellowship.com NGC 1999 is the green tinged cloud towards the top of the image. The dark spot to the right was thought to be a cloud of dense dust and gas until Herschel looked at it. It…
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Astronomy Picture of the Day | Tapestry of Star Birth in a Neighbouring Galaxy
via spacefellowship.com The Hubble Space Telescope captures the iridescent tapestry of star birth in a neighbouring galaxy in this panoramic view of glowing gas, dark dust clouds, and young, hot stars. The star-forming region, catalogued as N11B lies…
Astronomy Picture of the Day – Ghostly Reflections in the Pleiades
via spacefellowship.com This image shows a dark interstellar cloud ravaged by the passage of Merope, one of the brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster. Just as a torch beam bounces off the wall of a cave, the…