NASA's Hubble snaps stunning star cluster 20,000 light-years away
Image Credit: NASA
NASA has revealed a sparkling image of a nebula located 20,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina. The central shimmering star cluster, which looks exactly like a display of fireworks, is surrounded by pockets of interstellar dust and gas which serve as the building blocks of star formation. The picture was snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope between August and December 2009.