The Pleiades is in the midst of what astronomers describe as a three-car cosmic pile-up as the bright stars slam into not one but two interstellar clouds of gas.

• 昴宿星就处于天文学家所描述的像明亮星星一样的三汽车宇宙堆积猛烈撞击成的不是一团而是两团星际气体云中间。