"These X-rays are powered by winds flowing from the young, massive stars that are sprinkled throughout the cluster," NASA ...

NASA is getting into the festive spirit, sharing some stunning images of the Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cosmic Wreath.

It's a cosmic Christmas! NASA just released new images of a nearby star cluster that resembles a wreath and another that looks like a Christmas tree.

NASA described that the stars appear in blue and white lights because of the X-rays they give off, which the Chandra X-ray ...

The James Webb Space Telescope used a galaxy as a cosmic magnifying glass to find transient objects in the "Christmas Tree" cluster, a Winter Wonderland of even more galaxies.

The JWST data highlights the ring-like outline of the “wreath” while the Chandra X-ray observations (highlighted in red) ...

Christmas is here, and so are brand new images of some of the most beautiful holiday-inspired celestial views in the visible ...

His optical data have been combined with X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory to create this beautiful Christmas tree-like image of NGC 2264, showcasing not only the stars themselves ...

On Instagram, NASA posted photos of the beautiful and festive cluster on Christmas Eve ... which look like pine needles of an evergreen tree. They are green because they represent the light ...