Cocoon Nebula Wall Art including Frame PopSocket and The Hubble Heritage Team

and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

That darkness appears as an absence of stars

The total exposure time was 14 minutes

The discovery of likely Eta Carinae "twins" in other galaxies will help scientists better understand this brief phase in the life of a massive star

the ship of Jason and the Argonauts

Cocoon Nebula Wall Art including Frame PopSocket and The Hubble Heritage TeamThe 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,