Mars-Curiosity - Dingo Gap Size:30" x 20" (76 cm x 51 cm) resolved Pismis 24-1 into two

resolved Pismis 24-1 into two separate stars

captures the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars

The cluster is a hotbed for young

The tower may be a giant incubator for those newborn stars

when the sun's disk was exactly overhead at the planet's equator

Mars-Curiosity - Dingo Gap Size:30" x 20" (76 cm x 51 cm) resolved Pismis 24-1 into twoThis look back at a dune that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drove across was taken by the rover's Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the 538th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Feb. 9, 2014). The rover had driven over the dune three days earlier. For scale, the distance between the parallel wheel tracks is about 9 feet (2. 7 meters). The dune is about 3 feet (1 meter) tall in the middle of its span across an opening called "Dingo Gap." This