12,000 light years away, in the constellation Auriga lies IC 410, the beautiful Nebula pictured above. Frozen gas floats in space in IC 410, providing a beautiful site, yet also blocking the view of the rest of the universe. The dust clouds floating in the interstellar medium have a minuscule density, even though they appear to be solid from our vantage point they are actually less dense than most man-made vacuums. However, these dust particles take up such a massive amount of space that if it is ever compressed together it will be capable of forming a few stars. These awesome nebula's represent just one part of matters life cycle in the universe, as it will eventually move to star in the future.
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