The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted what officials from NASA and the European Space Agency have dubbed "a cosmic Bat Shadow" in a distant gas cloud, the Serpens Nebula. "Using the shape and color of the shadow, they can determine the size and composition of dust grains in the disc," officials added in the release. While the shadow has garnered significant attention because of its obvious similarity to the Bat signal, shadows around young stars are quite common, officials said. The nebula envelops hundreds of young stars, many of which could also be in the process of forming planets in a protoplanetary disc," officials wrote in the statement. Perhaps there can only be one explanation for that "similar looking shadow" – it's a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a dark knight.

Source: Fox News November 01, 2018 14:26 UTC