'Cosmic caterpillar' is getting squashed by starlight
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 20:30
in Astronomy & Space
The light-year-long squiggle of gas and dust known as IRAS 20324+4057 has been compared to a caterpillar — and like a caterpillar, it's in the midst of a metamorphosis. What kind of stellar creature will emerge?