NASA welcomes the holidays with an inspiring view from space. In the new image published by the company, the star cluster NGC 602, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite of the Milky Way, is dazzlingly revealed.

The image published by NASA was created by combining data from different space telescopes. Image, Combined data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope used.

Small Magellanic Cloud observed with two telescopes

Chandra detects young, bright stars emitting large amounts of radiation and producing points of red light, while Webb reveals orange, yellow, green and blue shades of hot serpentine dust.

The Small Magellanic Cloud is a galaxy that has attracted great interest from scientists for years. The stars here are poorer in heavy elements. Heavy elements are spread into the environment by supernova explosions of stars, and the density of these elements provides information about the age of the galaxy. Therefore, studying the Small Magellanic Cloud could also provide important clues about how galaxies evolve over time.

A new image of the Christmas Tree Cluster has also been released

NASA also released a new image of NGC 2264, also known as the ‘Christmas Tree Cluster’. Chandra’s X-ray data shows that this cluster is decorated with red, purple, blue and white light, while optical data shows that the cluster’s shape resembles a Christmas tree with green and purple hues. This cluster, which is part of our galaxy, is only 2,500 light years away.

The stars in the Christmas tree cluster, They have sizes ranging from one-tenth to seven times the mass of the Sun.. These young and energetic stars emit bursts of energy, including X-rays.

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