A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the 570-megapixel Department of Energy–fabricated Dark Energy Camera—one of the most ...

The Circinus West molecular cloud is identified as a dark nebula located within the constellation Circinus, one of the smaller southern constellations. This cloud is characterized by its dense ...

The Circinus West molecular cloud has been captured by the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam). DECam is mounted on the ...

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There’s something special going on in the nearby Circinus galaxy, as revealed by this image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The Circinus galaxy is located in the ...

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Chandra – along with ESO’s Very Large Telescope Array – spied a bright, variable supernova blast located in a galaxy 12 million light-years away. This image is a composite showing the central region ...

We think of supermassive black holes as gorging cosmic monsters, swallowing up anything that gets too close, but according to a recent study, the supermassive black hole at the heart of a nearby ...