Dark Wombs of Stars

ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech2009-10-02

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

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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Title: Dark Wombs of Stars
Creator: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech
Date Created: 2009-10-02
Rights: JPL

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