Hubble's newest camera eyes hotbed of star formation

Hubble's newest camera eyes hotbed of star formation

A watercolour fantasyland? No. It's actually a photograph of the centre of the Swan Nebula, or M17, a hotbed of newly born stars wrapped in colourful blankets of glowing gas and cradled in an enormous cold, dark hydrogen cloud. This stunning picture was taken by the newly installed Advanced Camer...

By ASHESH DAS RUP

Location: Messier 17, Omega Nebula, Swan Nebula, Sagittarius Constellation

Tags: Hubble, Sagittarius, Space, Universe, Nebulae, ESA