Tag: nasa dark nebulae

[ad_1] When gas, dust and plasma get accumulated in space, it usually leads to the formation of interstellar clouds. Initially, these clouds are hot in nature but when they become dense and cool enough, molecules form inside them, giving them the name of Interstellar Molecular Clouds. Molecular clouds are places where stars first form and they help astronomers in learning about the earliest stages of stars. According to NASA, these celestial objects are so dense that the dust within blocks visible wavelengths of light. Telescopes that see visible light only detect ghostly dark patches in the sky, called Dark Nebulae.Today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day is a fascinating snapshot of the dark nebulae and the star formation in the Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC). Located about 400 light-...