Hubble Captures Festive View in the Large Magellanic Cloud

The recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has just captured an impressive view of a large group of young stars in the 30 Doradus Nebula, which astronomers say resemble a large Christmas tree, or even Santa Claus himself. The similarities are admittedly not striking, but people tend to s... [ read more >> ]

The dark structure next to the blue stellar cluster resembles a Christmas tree adorned with blue lights, astronomers say

Image comment: The dark structure next to the blue stellar cluster resembles a Christmas tree adorned with blue lights, astronomers say
Image credits: NASA / ESA / F. Paresce (INAF-IASF) / R. O'Connell (University of Virginia) / Wide Field Camera 3 Science Oversight Committee

The dark structure next to the blue stellar cluster resembles a Christmas tree adorned with blue lights, astronomers say
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