Flame in Orion's Belt Wall Art including Frame T-shirts Perhaps a cross-species celestial handshake

Perhaps a cross-species celestial handshake is imminent

Day: About 243 Earth days

and its exterior was blasted away in an immense release of energy astronomers call a supernova

This image is a four-color composite created by all four of WISE's infrared detectors

As well as absorbing light

Flame in Orion's Belt Wall Art including Frame T-shirts Perhaps a cross-species celestial handshakeThis mosaic image taken by NASA's Wide field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features three nebulae that are part of the giant Orion Molecular Cloud. The image covers an area of the sky about three times as high and wide as the full moon (1. 5 by 1. 8 degrees). Included in this view are the Flame nebula, the Horsehead nebula and NGC 2023. Despite its name, there is no fire roaring in the Flame nebula. What makes this nebula shine is the bright blue