Hubble Sees Ghostly Cloud

Hubble Space Telescope has captured a ghostly cloud of gas and dust, known as Lupus 3, which is alive with star formation. The cloud is about 500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.

The image shows white wisps of gas swirling throughout the region, with a dark dust cloud in the lower-left corner. Bright T Tauri stars are visible at the left, bottom right, and upper center, while other young stellar objects dot the image.

T Tauri stars are actively forming stars in a specific stage of formation. They are typically less than 10 million years old and vary in brightness due to the environment and nature of a forming star.