KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA is wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, by sharing a new look at what’s known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster.”
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The composite image was taken by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
The image shows a green glow around a stellar light show.
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NASA says the young stars in the cluster are about 1.5 million years old and around 2,500 light-years from Earth.
The cluster, known as NGC 2264, is in our Milky Way Galaxy.
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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched into orbit from Kennedy Space Center by the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1999.
Chandra was expected to be in operation for only five years and is still operational more than 24 years later.
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