Image: Dark reflections in the Southern Cross
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 15:31
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this colorful image of the reflection nebula IRAS 12116-6001. This cloud of interstellar dust cannot be seen directly in visible light, but WISE's detectors observed the nebula at infrared wavelengths.