Star-forming gas cloud lights up in new telescope photo
 

Star-forming gas cloud lights up in new telescope photo
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A brilliant cloud of gas shines beautifully 163,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy **t that far from the Milky Way.

The gas of the nebula, named LHA 120-N55, is illuminated by the young, hot blue stars that formed relatively recently in that hotbed of stellar activity, giving scientists a new glimpse into how and why stars form in certain parts of space.*

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LHA 120-N55 was photographed by the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large*Telescope in Chile, but this nebula is only part of this cosmic region's story. Read more...


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