Where Did All the Stars Go?

By Richard Hook | European Southern Observatory on Jan 7, 2015   Featured, Science/Education  

LDN 483 is located about 700 light-years away in the constellation of Serpens (The Serpent). The cloud contains enough dusty material to completely block the visible light from background stars. Particularly dense molecular clouds, like LDN 483, qualify as dark nebulae because of this obscuring property. The starless nature of LDN 483 and its ilk would […]