Dust hides less than it seems. In a star-forming nebula roughly 960 light-years from Earth, Hubble uses near-infrared light to look beyond a veil that blocks much of the visible glow. Its view into the Perseus molecular cloud catches young stars and the marks they leave on their surroundings.The advantage lies in wavelength, not eyesight. Interstellar dust grains scatter and absorb visible light e...More