An amazing new photo of a famous nebula reveals two previously undiscovered and very distant stars.
The amazing image of the Trifid Nebula was taken by the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope in Chile. While the picture does capture an amazing view of the nebula in infrared light, it also has some serious scientific merit. Researchers examining the image found two unknown Cepheid variable stars, objects much brighter than the sun that brighten and fade through time, ESO said. You can also fly through the Trifid Nebula in a new video produced by ESO.
"This pair of stars, which the astronomers think are the brightest members of a cluster of stars, are the only Cepheid variables detected so far that are close to the central plane, but on the far side of the galaxy," ESO representatives said in a statement. "They brighten and fade over a period of 11 days." Read more...
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