Against the backdrop of colorful stars, the VLT Survey Telescope in Chile captured a spooktacular image of a nebula that looks like a dark wolf in the sky just ... the bright background of glowing ...

Nicknamed the Dark Wolf Nebula, the cloud is in the Scorpius constellation near the middle of the Milky Way, around 5,300 light-years from Earth. This image takes up an area in the sky equivalent ...

Of course, tracing the wolf's ghost-like presence in the sky is only possible because it contrasts with a bright background. This image shows in spectacular detail how the dark wolf stands out ...

Not only does this material obscure the light from background stars, but it also emits no visible light itself. This is something that sets the Dark Wolf Nebula apart from other nebulas.