This is another star-forming cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation Cepheus. The cloud glows with a bluish hue, because the light from its hot, young stars is being reflected by the gas and dust, rather than causing the gas itself to glow. (Photo courtesy of Zac Dawson)
October 26, 2017
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October 26, 2017 1:45 p.m.
Fact versus fiction on the last frontier
It was after 10 p.m. when local astronomer Mark Paulson saw it — five illuminated disks, streaking across the sky past the maple tree in his yard.