Chasing Chickens in the Lambda Centauri Nebula

NASA's image library records Chasing Chickens in the Lambda Centauri Nebula.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

This infrared image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows the Lambda Centauri nebula, a star-forming cloud in our Milky Way galaxy, also known as the Running Chicken nebula.

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A CLOSER LOOK

This infrared image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows the Lambda Centauri nebula, a star-forming cloud in our Milky Way galaxy, also known as the Running Chicken nebula.

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