Nasa's photo
Two NASA space telescopes have recently taken new pictures that demonstrate how the light from newborn stars can decorate the universe with holiday decorations.
New observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory show clusters of stars that resemble a sparkling snow globe and a Christmas tree covered in lights, respectively.
About 2,500 light-years from Earth, NGC 2264 is also known as the "Christmas Tree Cluster." It is a cluster of young stars encircled by a nebula's gaseous cloud that resembles a celestial evergreen wreathed in sparkling lights.
The stars range in size from smaller to larger than our sun, and their ages range from one million to five million years. Rotating the new composite image in a clockwise manner
Hubble photo
a snow globe with stars
A little further searching was necessary for the Hubble Space Telescope to locate a heavenly winter paradise. Located in the Virgo constellation and seven million light-years away from Earth, UGC 8091 is a dwarf galaxy that contains billions of sparkling stars, which Hubble was able to see.
The stars' arrangement throughout the galaxy resembles a hastily strung string of lights at the conclusion of a festive season. Because UGC 8091 is an irregular galaxy without the organized look of an elliptical or spiral galaxy, the chaos results from this characteristic.
Uneven galaxies come in a variety of sizes and forms, and no two of them have the identical appearance. The form of an irregular galaxy may result from interactions with neighboring galaxies,