IC 2944 | Milky Way Women's Organic Cotton T-Shirt Color:navy clouds of dust reflect the

clouds of dust reflect the light of nearby stars

and much of it centers on understanding dark matter

This dramatic infrared image shows the nearby star formation region Monoceros R2

The original image was taken on April 10

IC 2944 | Milky Way Women's Organic Cotton T-Shirt Color:navy clouds of dust reflect theThis intriguing new view of a spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 is being released to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of ESOs Very Large Telescope. This image also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray globules silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula. These globules are under fierce bombardment from the ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot young stars. They are both being eroded away and also fragmenting,