Tag: Gum 41

A Glowing Red Nebula and Uranus Seen Through Saturn’s Rings

A Glowing Red Nebula and Uranus Seen Through Saturn’s Rings

Image Credit: ESO The European Southern Observatory at La Silla released this image of a glowing hydrogen cloud, or nebula, Gum 41. The glow is caused by the searing radiation emitted by young, very hot stars which excites the hydrogen gas left over from star formation. This nebula is in the constellation Centaurus in the […]

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