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The surrounding shroud of dust renders the stars here nearly invisible in other wavelengths of light

is the easternmost star in Orion's belt

The findings come courtesy of the European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory

it is about twice the size of our Milky Way galaxy

The field covers 32 x 32 arcmin 2

A Full Moon Over the Pacific Wall Art Android phone case The surrounding shroud of dustThe crew of the International Space Station snapped this image of a full Moon as the orbiting complex flew 270 miles above the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America. The Space Station is an international partnership of the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada. In addition to photographs of the beautiful planet we call home, the Space Station functions as cooperative international laboratory, the work of