Tag Archive for 'Infrared dark cloud'

This Webb image shows part of Lynds 483. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI.

Webb Captures Fantastic Detail of Lynds 483

Mar 7, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Two young protostars are responsible for the shimmering ejections of gas and dust that gleam in orange, blue, and purple in this color image of a portion...

The full-field star-subtracted image of G0.253+0.016. Image credit: Ginsburg et al., doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/acfc34.

Webb Observes Mysterious Dark Molecular Cloud in Milky Way’s Central Region

Dec 4, 2023 by News Staff

G0.253+0.016, nicknamed ‘the Brick’ due to its opacity, is among the best-studied infrared dark clouds in our Milky Way Galaxy. It is well-known for...

This is an artist's impression of a protostar in G34.43+00.24 MM3. Image credit: NAOJ.

ALMA Sees Giant, Hot Cocoon around Protostar in Infrared Dark Cloud

Oct 8, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers has used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile, to observe...