Chamaeleon I has been imaged many times before, most recently by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2023. What makes this new image stand out is its spectacular detail.

Just 500 light years away, the Chamaeleon Complex, and in particular its dark cloud Chamaeleon I, is a hotbed of young, low-mass stars. The universe is full of cosmic masterpieces, none more so ...

It showcases the atramentous molecular cloud known as the Chamaeleon I dark cloud. Located about 500 light-years away, Chamaeleon I is the nearest active star-forming region to Earth. This dark ...

An international team of astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has obtained an in-depth inventory of the deepest, coldest ices measured to date in a molecular cloud.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new view of a stellar nursery illuminated by the bright blue light of young stars. This vast stellar nursery, known as the Chamaeleon Cloud ...