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The European Space Agency's Euclid telescope captured a detailed infrared image of the dark cloud LDN 1641 in Orion, revealing numerous young stars and star-forming activity hidden behind dust, while also testing its precise pointing capabilities for future large-scale sky surveys aimed at understanding dark matter and dark energy.
The article describes the stunning Chamaeleon I star-forming region, a nearby molecular cloud about 500 light years away, captured in a detailed image by the Dark Energy Camera. It highlights the region's complex structure of dust, reflection nebulae, and young stars, including jets and outflows from star formation processes. The region hosts around 226 stars, mostly low-mass red dwarfs, with ongoing star formation activity, and provides insights into the early stages of stellar evolution within a cosmic masterpiece of interstellar gas and dust.