But the black gap in this glitteringly beautiful starfield is not ... Dark cloud obscures hundreds of background stars." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 01 / 150107081659 ...

Some black holes are shielded by heavy clouds of gas and dust that are so thick that they’re impossible to see through with our telescopes. The reasons why have plagued scientists.

Some of the stars appear to be missing in this intriguing new ESO image. But the black gap in this glitteringly beautiful starfield is not really a gap, but rather a region of space clogged with ...