Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) captured by ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Credit: ESO This odd-shaped cloud of gas and dust is nicknamed the Pencil Nebula, as the brightest part resembles a pencil. But this pencil looks like it has hair, flying off into the breeze! But that’s no simple breeze: these glowing filaments in … Continue reading A Cosmic Flying Pencil — with Hair!