Extreme star cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image

Extreme star cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image

The star-forming region NGC 3603 - seen here in the latest Hubble Space Telescope image - contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way. Bathed in gas and dust the cluster formed in a huge rush of star formation thought to have occurred around a million years ag...

By ASHESH DAS RUP

Location: NGC 3603, Carina Constellation

Tags: Hubble, Space, Clusters, Universe, Nebulae, ESA, Carina, Star