NASA discovers Christmas treelike star cluster in the Milky Way

By Asher Notheis

Published December 20, 2023 3:25pm ET

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NASA discovers Christmas treelike star cluster in the Milky Way — NASA released an image from the Milky Way of a star cluster resembling a Christmas tree mere days away from Christmas Day. The photo of NGC 2264 has been given the name “Christmas Tree cluster” and shows a collection of stars and gas about 2,500 light years away from Earth. The gas gives off the […]

NASA released an image from the Milky Way of a star cluster resembling a Christmas tree mere days away from Christmas Day.

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