... Aurora Over White Dome Geyser . ... A bright Moon lit the foreground of this picturesque scene, while familiar stars could be seen far in the distance. ... What's happening around that star? An unusual spiral structure has been discovered around the Milky Way star R Sculptoris, a red giant star located about 1,500 light years away toward the constellation of the Sculptor (Sculptoris). ... That's about 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud's estimated distance of 3,000 light-years. ...