Stunning Views of the Infrared Universe

There is more to the Universe than human eyes can perceive and visible light is actually not so important in visualizing the intricate patterns of galaxies, interstellar dust and mysterious phenomena, such as black holes, pulsars and cosmic explosions.AKARI is a joint Japan Aerospace Explora... [ read more >> ]

This region is in a direction along the so-called 'Orion arm', one of the spiral arms of our Galaxy. Many objects at distances of three thousand to ten thousand light years are projected on this small region.

Image comment: This region is in a direction along the so-called 'Orion arm', one of the spiral arms of our Galaxy. Many objects at distances of three thousand to ten thousand light years are projected on this small region.
Image credits: JAXA

This region is in a direction along the so-called 'Orion arm', one of the spiral arms of our Galaxy. Many objects at distances of three thousand to ten thousand light years are projected on this small region.
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