Astronomers are drawing attention to a Christmas Tree-shaped cluster of stars glowing inside one of the Milky Way’s most ...

Just in time for Christmas, a vast star-forming region shaped like a Christmas tree is lighting up space 2,700 light-years ...

Stargazers are in for a treat this December with the Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264), a stunning formation of young stars ...

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree.

(CNN) — New images captured by two of NASA’s space telescopes showcase how the light from young stars can deck the cosmos with holiday cheer. Groupings of stars resembling a Christmas tree aglow with ...

Containing stars that are more than 1 million years old, NGC 2264 is located in the Milky Way approximately 2,500 light-years away from Earth It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas up in space.

NASA said that a telescope captured an image of NGC 2264, which is a cluster of young stars aged between one and five million years old. NGC 2264 — also known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster” since it ...

ARIZONA, USA — Space is wishing Earth a Merry Christmas from 2,500 light-years away! A NASA telescope combined with data from an X-ray gave a special present for the holidays. Although the star ...

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It seems NASA is getting into the holiday spirit. Just in time for Christmas, the space agency released a new image earlier this week of a celestial formation known as the "Christmas tree cluster." ...

While we don’t have any Christmas constellations in the Pottsville night sky, there are three celestial signs of the most wonderful time of the year among the stars – two in the evening and a bright ...