This tadpole-shaped nebula is known as CG12. It is an example of a “cometary globule,” where a denser region of dust trails off into thread-like strands. While challenging to see in visible ...

June 24 (UPI) --A mysterious object that streaked across the Las Vegas-area sky, leaving a tadpole-shaped smoke trail in its wake, was identified as a SpaceX rocket. Numerous residents of southern ...

Tadpoles are born with oversized heads and long tails. Soon the tails vanish, swapped out for tiny legs and a more frog-like shape. This incredible anatomical rejiggering is easy to take for granted.