Astronomers capture a space cloud that looks like Van Gogh’s The Starry Night
The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud is one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth, about 430 light-years away. This Dark Energy Camera view from Chile is reminiscent of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, NOIRLab says. At left, the binary R Coronae Australis lights the surrounding gas and dust, and the Chandelier Cluster, NGC 6723, shines at upper right, about 29,000 light-years away. Released July 16, 2026.
Video Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), R. Colombari and M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
