... An Unexplored Nebula . ... The combined light of the stars of the Milky Way are reflected by this cosmic dust cloud that soars some 300 light-years above the plane of our Galaxy. ... An open cluster of stars is forming there from the gas in cold molecular clouds. ... Cat s Eye . ... A star emerges from its natal cloud of gas and dust in this tantalizing portrait of RY Tauri, a small stellar nursery at the edge of the Taurus molecular cloud, a mere 450 light-years away. Orange Moon, Red Flash . ...