Right in time for #Halloween 馃巸
The VLT Survey Telescope has spotted a spooky bat flying over Paranal in #Chile. But fear not, it's located 10,000 light-years away.
What looks like a "cosmic bat" is in fact a large cloud of cosmic gas and dust where new stars are being born. Let's fly through it in this video...if you dare! 馃
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2518/
馃摲 ESO/VPHAS+ team/VVV team
