... Explanation: Cradled in cosmic dust and glowing hydrogen, stellar nurseries in Orion the Hunter lie at the edge of giant molecularclouds some 1,500 light-years away. ...
... Towards Chamaeleon , dark molecularclouds and bright planetary nebula NGC 3195 can be found. ... On the lower right, a dark molecularcloud blocks the light from stars behind it. ...
... seen in the region of NGC 1999 in the Great Orion MolecularCloud complex is one of the more mysterious structures yet found on ... One hypothesis is that the gas filament results from the wind from a young star impacting a nearby molecularcloud. ...
... Explanation: In the depths of the dark clouds of dust and molecular gas known as M17 , stars continue to form. ... Nebula and Horseshoe Nebula, the darkness of M17's molecularclouds results from background starlight being absorbed by thick ...
... Explanation: In the depths of the dark clouds of dust and molecular gas known as M17, stars continue to form. ... The darkness of these molecularclouds results from background starlight being absorbed by thick carbon-based smoke-sized dust ...
... Connected by dark and dusty tendrils on the outskirts of a giant molecularcloud , another active star forming region, NGC 1333 , lies near the upper right edge of the wide field of view. ...