SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Cosmic Knots, Mars Rover, More

SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Cosmic Knots, Mars Rover, More
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Cosmic Knots, Mars Rover, More
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Cosmic Knots, Mars Rover, More
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Cosmic Knots, Mars Rover, More
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July 1, 2009--A new atlas of the Milky Way's inner regions shows glowing ribbons and expanding bubbles of gas peppered with thousands of dense knots of cold dust--the future birthplaces of stars.

The 16,000-pixel-long map, created using the ESO-operated APEX telescope, will help astronomers better understand star birth and the structure of the crowded galactic core.
— Image courtesy ESO
 

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