The Milky Way is delivering some holiday cheer in a new image and video NASA published Tuesday. Young stars clustered together some 2,500 light years from Earth are creating a Christmas tree in space.

NASA's new rendering of the Christmas Tree NebulaX-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) and B.A. Wolpa (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ...

Arrayed with a simple triangular outline above S Monocerotis, the stars of NGC 2264 are popularly known as the Christmas Tree star cluster. Image Credit & Copyright ...

NASA is putting a holiday spin on its latest photo release of NGC 2264. The cluster of young stars is known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster” and you can see why. It looks exactly like a cosmic ...

A cosmic christmas tree appears to sit some 2,500 light-years from Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This month, space feels ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory helped to build a particularly festive image of the gas, dust, and young stars of NGC 2264, also known as the "Christmas Tree Cluster." What it is: The young star ...

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." ...

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