Thackeray's Globules in the Star-Forming Region IC 2944

Friday, August 10, 2012 - 13:02 in Astronomy & Space

Dark clouds of dust, called globules, are silhouetted against nearby, bright stars. Little is known about the globules, except that they are generally associated with areas of star formation.

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