Cocoon Nebula Wall Art including Frame PopSocket The total exposure time was

The total exposure time was 14 minutes

along with the interesting evidence for dark matter brings us to the pick for 2008

The Bubble Nebula is 7 light-years across – about one-and-a-half times the distance from our sun to its nearest stellar neighbor

This week’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features AFGL 5180

Cocoon Nebula Wall Art including Frame PopSocket The total exposure time wasThe aptly named Cocoon nebula is featured in this image from NASA's Wide field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. This cloud of dust and gas, cataloged as IC 5146 and located in the constellation Cygnus, is wrapped in a dark cloud of dust called Barnard 168. Within this cocoon of dust and gas, new stars are forming and beginning to emerge into the wild. In the heart of the nebula, which looks surprisingly like a Valentine's heart in WISE's view,