The original horsehead nebula looked innocent. This thing looks menacing. Can't wait until humanity can reach these things. :)
Paul Smith
You're right, you can't wait. Won't happen in your lifetime.
Jeff Williams
Paul Smith LOL, I was thinking the same thing. I just can't understand people that say there is no chance of life elsewhere. I wonder if these are the same people that walk around quoting their bible. Anyway amazing photo.
Lou Digilio
Think of a mega class civilization taking in all this material for construction!
Artem Down
@Paul, who's to say that we don't develop hibernation/cryogenics/immorality within 70-80 years?
Slowburn
Maybe the astronomy community well raise the money for a service mission.
Clay Jones
1500 light-years away. Simple cryogenics isn't going to help much. As for immortality, hope does not spring eternal. The trip from the astronaut's point of view, at light speed (as fast as you can go, assuming we figure out how), would be much less, but still longer than your lifetime by a large margin. But it would still be 1500 years here. Loooong time.
Mqueue
@Jeff Williams
Be careful Jeff, God *is* watching...
BlueZango (Walt)
To be accurate and correct, should all these articles and research not be in the past tense? They all state that this is there and that is there. It should be that this WAS there and that WAS there, because the light that they are seeing is very very old and all that stuff could be completely gone right now! True?