An Unexpected Scattering of Light
This series of images from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows a dark mass of gas and dust, called a core, where new stars and planets will likely spring up. This particular core lies deep within a larger dark cloud called L183.
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NASA ID
PIA13409
Date Created
September 23, 2010
Center
JPL
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