Many times, scientists look for ways to make their work more attractive and interesting to the general public, other times, they don't have to try at all.
A recent image taken by the European Southern Observatory's MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope is one such example. The image shows a very bright light and a very dark cloud. It's Lupus 3, which is about 600 light-years from Earth.
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This visible cloud is one of the building blocks of stars. Their gravity brings the particles that make them up closer and closer. As gravity brings them closer, high temperatures develop that favor the process of the birth of a new star. However, the thick gas and dust make it difficult to see inside the cloud.
However, as the heat builds up, the radiation it creates pushes the dust away, revealing the young stars to the naked eye, with the help of a very powerful telescope, softpedia reports.
In fact, the two stars in the image are bright enough that you can see them with a regular telescope, maybe even with binoculars on a very clear night, as long as you know where to look.
