Rho Ophiuchi… or something worse?

The James Webb Space Telescope is marking its first anniversary, and it’s released this image to celebrate:

This, I am told, is the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex which is the nearest star-forming region to Earth. I, on the other hand, suspect it is actually some vast Lovecraftian entity. I mean, look at it, fucking tentacles everywhere. The mere fact that it may be a giant cloud of gas doesn’t necessarily make it not a Lovecraftian entity, there’s a sentient gas creature in Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath so obviously this could be another one. Good thing it’s about 400 light years away so it could be a while before it comes to feast on whatever’s left of humanity by then…

Author: James R.

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