Cosmic forecast: Dark clouds will give way to sunshine
Paris (SPX) Sep 05, 2014 - Lupus 4 is located about 400 light-years away from Earth, straddling the constellations of Lupus (The Wolf) and Norma (The Carpenter's Square). The cloud is one of several affiliated dark clouds found in a loose star cluster called the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association. An OB association is a relatively young, yet widely dispersed grouping of stars. The stars likely had a common origin in ... more

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