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Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Gendler combined Hubble data with his own observations to produce this stunning colour image

the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

Gas on the star gets so hot that it escapes away into space as a "stellar wind" moving at over 4 million miles per hour

Monoceros R2 Android Phone Case T-shirts This image is available asThis dramatic infrared image shows the nearby star formation region Monoceros R2, located some 2700 light years away in the constellation of Monoceros (the Unicorn). The picture was created from exposures in the near infrared bands Y, J and Ks taken by the VISTA survey telescope at ESOs Paranal Observatory. Monoceros R2 is an association of massive hot young stars illuminating a beautiful collection of reflection nebulae, embedded in a large molecular