Space agency NASA has shared an incredibly beautiful image of a distant nebula, which is one of the regions of star formation in deep space.
The nebula is called 'Rosette' and is located 5,000 light-years from Earth. Small points of light can be observed among the clouds of gas. These bright spots are actually young stars that, over thousands and millions of years, will become at least ten times the size of the Sun.
Stars begin to form into clusters as all of the gas and dust in the nebula is condensed in such a way that they provide all the necessary components.
The Herschel Space Observatory captured this image 10 years ago, but the space agency republished it to mark a decade of the stunning photograph. Here's what the NASA post says:
'This 2010 image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of the Unicorn.'
'Herschel collected infrared light emitted from the dust. The bright spots are dusty cocoons containing massive germ stars that will grow 10 times the mass of our Sun. '
Today, the agency shares old images as missions have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, NASA was forced to suspend work on its mission to the moon after an employee of the Stennis Space Center in New Orleans, where he tests SLS rockets, contracted the coronavirus.
