... Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, bright, blue star clusters in beautiful, symmetric spiral arms. But small, irregular galaxies form stars too. ... The largest of these dark globules, first spotted by South African astronomer A. D. Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula . ... A star forming region cataloged as NGC 2264, the complex jumble of cosmic gas and dust.. ... Forty years ago, in December of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to the Moon and back again. ...