Dark Wombs of Stars
This image from the Herschel Observatory, a European Space Agency mission, reveals some of the coldest and darkest material in our galaxy. The yellow filaments show the coldest dust dotted with the youngest embryonic stars.
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NASA ID
PIA12252
Date Created
October 2, 2009
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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