Astronomers have just released an incredible image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, or Sh2-173, captured by the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory. This breathtaking image reveals the intricate structure of the cloud of gas and dust that make up the nebula in stunning detail.

The Cat’s Paw Nebula is an interstellar cloud of gas and dust located about 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. This impressive nebula has been known to astronomers since the early 1800s, but it wasn’t until the Herschel Space Observatory was launched in 2009 that astronomers were able to get a detailed view of this cosmic beauty. Now, with the new image, astronomers have been able to uncover the nebula’s intricate structures and identify the mechanisms that are causing star formation within it.

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source: Phys.org