@11 months ago with 22537 notes An anonymous author’s novel
written on the walls of an abandoned house in Chongqing, China
(Source: free-parking, via lunenymph) @11 months ago with 162
notes Simeis 118 in Stars, Dust, and Gas “When stars form,
pandemonium reigns. A particularly colorful case is the star
forming region Simeis 188 which houses an unusual and bright
cloud arc cataloged as NGC 6559. Visible above are red glowing
emission nebulas of hydrogen, blue reflection nebulas of dust,
dark absorption nebulas of dust, and the stars that formed from
them. The first massive stars formed from the dense gas will
emit energetic light and winds that erode, fragment, and sculpt
their birthplace. And then they explode. The resulting morass
can be as beautiful as it is complex. After tens of millions of
years, the dust boils away, the gas gets swept away, and all
that is left is a naked open cluster of stars. Simeis 188 is
located about 4,000 light years away and can be found about one
degree northeast of M8, the Lag