This project, part of NASA's AstroViz Project, offers an awe-inspiring look at multiwavelength astronomy and the birth of stars. [Pillars of Creation] [Eagle Nebula] [NASA visualization] [star ...
That fuzzy splotch, visible to the naked eye when it is really dark (and easily seen through binoculars) is the Orion Nebula ... birth of planets. Indeed, astronomers have recorded a wave of star ...