At the centre of this image, captured by ESA’s #Herschel space observatory, is a truly peculiar cosmic object: a star named IRAS 19312+1950. Over 12 000 light-years from us, this star has puzzled astronomers for many years because it shows conflicting signs of being both extremely old and extremely young (we know the feeling… 😉 ) See http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/08/Not_your_typical_protostar
