2026 July 09 - The Red Glow of the Cosmic Bat Nebula

from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day · host Robert M Wagner

In today's image, we see the Cosmic Bat Nebula ice is a dark nebula - a star forming region which may resemble a bat flying in space. The red glow is the glow of hydrogen gas begin expelled in a jet from a newly forming star.My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel.This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast.I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected] work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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