![This carved-out cloud of gas and dust has been nicknamed the "Jack-o'-lantern Nebula" because it looks like a cosmic hollowed-out pumpkin.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jpegpia23403.jpg)
Grinning Gourd Decorates Milky Way
While observing the outer region of the Milky Way galaxy, our Spitzer Telescope captured this infrared image of a cloud of gas and dust that looks like the hollowed-out pumpkins we see every Halloween.
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