Wednesday 7 January 2015

Where did all the stars go? Dark cloud obscures hundreds of background stars

more »

Some of the stars appear to be missing in this intriguing new image. But the black gap in this glitteringly beautiful starfield is not really a gap, but rather a region of space clogged with gas and dust. This dark cloud is called LDN 483 -- for Lynds Dark Nebula 483. Such clouds are the birthplaces of future stars.

via Science Daily

Zazzle Space Exploration market place

No comments:

Post a Comment