ESA Science & Technology: New Planck images trace cold dust and reveal large-scale structure in the Milky Way

This image demonstrates how Planck traces this cold dust: reddish tones correspond to temperatures as cold as 12 degrees above absolute zero, and whitish tones to much warmer ones (of order a few tens of degrees) in regions where massive stars are currently forming.

Click through and look at this image. It's breathtaking.

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