While 60% of the clouds had the familiar filamentary structure seen in the Milky Way, the remaining 40% had a “fluffy” shape, lacking the elongated features thought to be crucial for star ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Berndnaut Smilde creates fluffy clouds in locations where nature never would place them. The Dutch artist’s sculptures ...

(Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tokuda et al., ESA/Herschel) The song “Little Fluffy Clouds” was a breakout hit during the dawn of techno music. Turns out, it may also be an apt description of stellar ...