Carina Nebula Wall Art including Frame phone case the blast wave has expanded

the blast wave has expanded out to about a distance of 21 light-years from the original explosion

the total amount of gas is billions of times the mass of the Sun — a rich reservoir of material for future generations of stars

220 km away

in the constellation of Corvus (The Crow)

and re-emit the light of hot young stars within the nebula

Carina Nebula Wall Art including Frame phone case the blast wave has expandedThis broad image of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK I camera on ESOs Very Large Telescope. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged. Credit: ESO T. Preibisch