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Strange nebula changes colour rhythmically like a mood lamp
Space A mysterious, star-like object seems to be making its nebula change colour and brightness in a rhythmic way every four years By Alex Wilkins An unidentified light source named VVV-WIT-12 (centre) seems to be making two sides of a nebula (circles either side) brighten and dim in opposite phasesRobertoK.Saito et al. 2023 A cloud
Dark nebula dominates gorgeous new view of Orion constellation (photo)
A dark nebula known as LDN 1622, captured using the Mosaic-3 instrument on the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) in Arizona. (Image credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. A. Rector. Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab))Dark, billowing clouds sweep