This infrared image showed a "snake" (upper left) and its surrounding stormy environment. The object is actually the core of a thick, sooty cloud large enough to swallow dozens of solar systems. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

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This infrared image showed a "snake" (upper left) and its surrounding stormy environment. The object is actually the core of a thick, sooty cloud large enough to swallow dozens of solar systems. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

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Photo credit: © NASA/World History Archive & ARPL / Alamy / Afripics
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