Science and Exploration

Stellar Nursery Rho Ophiuchi As Seen By Herschel

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

September 21, 2017

Filed under Astronomy, ESA, Rho Ophiuchi

Stellar Nursery Rho Ophiuchi As Seen By Herschel — Rho Ophiuchi

ESA

This image shows Rho Ophiuchi, a vast stellar nursery where new stars take shape from billowing clouds of gas, as viewed by ESA’s Herschel observatory.

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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