Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Pinpointing newborn stars and their protoplanetary discs through the fog

Pinpointing

Imagine travelling through a dense, foggy fog in the dead of night, seeing patches of light from cars and towns glimmering far away. It’s difficult to tell if the lights are deep within the fog or beyond it. Astronomers looking for newborn stars confront a similar problem: the light from the stars they’re looking for … Read more

Superb inspiring view of a Dark Nebula

Dark Nebula

A little patch on the border of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99, is captured in this magnificent photograph. Caldwell 99 is a dark nebula, which is defined as a dense cloud of interstellar dust that entirely covers visible light wavelengths from objects behind it. A (far smaller) protoplanetary nebula is visible in the … Read more