Space is wishing Earth a Merry Christmas from 2,500 light-years away! A NASA telescope combined with data from an X-ray gave a special present for the holidays. Although the star cluster is older ...

the “Christmas Tree Cluster”. Astronomers have released new ... NGC 2264 is roughly between the bright reddish star Betelgeuse in Orion and blue Procyon in Canis Minor in an otherwise ...

Everybody Loves a Cluster with a Nebula This is NGC 2264, the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster. The bright stars ...