Image of the Constellation Cassiopeia

Nearby Dust Clouds in the Milky Way

The yearly ritual of spring cleaning clears a house of dust as well as dust "bunnies," those pesky dust balls that frolic under beds and behind furniture. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed similar dense knots of dust and gas in our Milky Way Galaxy. This cosmic...

Ground-Based Image of the Star-Forming Region NGC 281

This wide-field view of the star-forming region NGC 281 in the constellation Cassiopeia was taken with the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ.

Zoom in to Dust Globules in NGC 281

Dense knots of gas and dust located in the center of NGC 281 form jagged structures that are exquisitely resolved by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. This zoom dives deep into the Cassiopeia constellation, then dissolves into a wide view of NGC 281....