Orion Constellation's Blazing Dust Band Holds Stellar Nurseries | Video
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 05:30
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) in Chile have exposed light from cold interstellar dust grains that are invisible to the human eye. The bright object is the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), an region of active star formation.