The dark knots of gas and dust in this image are called “Bok globules,” and they are absorbing light in the center of the nearby nebula and star-forming region called NGC 281.

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The dark knots of gas and dust in this image are called “Bok globules,” and they are absorbing light in the center of the nearby nebula and star-forming region called NGC 281.