* Astronomy

The Perseus molecular cloud is a nearby (600 ly) Giant Molecular Cloud in the constellation of Perseus and contains over 10,000 solar masses of gas and dust covering an area of 6 by 2 degrees. Read more

WISE Presents a Cosmic Wreath Just in time for the holidays, astronomers have come across a new image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, that some say resembles a wreath. You might even think of the red dust cloud as a cheery red bow, and the bluish-white stars as silver bells. T...

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Perseus Perseus Molecular Cloud (Preview)	Stars/galaxy News	1	249	Mar 25 01:54 2013 by Blobrana
The Perseus molecular cloud is a nearby (600 ly) Giant Molecular Cloud in the constellation of Perseus and contains over 10,000 solar masses of gas and dust covering an area of 6 by 2 degrees. Read more
Perseus Barnard 3 region (Preview)	Stars/galaxy News	0	329	Dec 23 00:44 2011 by Blobrana
WISE Presents a Cosmic Wreath Just in time for the holidays, astronomers have come across a new image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, that some say resembles a wreath. You might even think of the red dust cloud as a cheery red bow, and the bluish-white stars as silver bells. T...