OUTER SPACE Rho Ophiuchi Dark Cloud - circa 2018 - Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer observes infrared light, which in most cases can penetrate gas and dust clouds better than visible light - Picture by Atlas Photo Archive/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA