Stars Gather in 'Downtown' Milky Way Wall Art including Frame canvas ring-shaped nebula that includes a

ring-shaped nebula that includes a bright stellar association of very luminous stars

the Milky Way flies through the picture like a gigantic insect

an enormous ring called the GS234-02 star-forming supershell (located in the Perseus arm of the Milky Way

Text credit: ESA (European Space Agency)

while also stoking public curiosity

Stars Gather in 'Downtown' Milky Way Wall Art including Frame canvas ring-shaped nebula that includes aThe region around the center of our Milky Way galaxy glows colorfully in this new version of an image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The data were previously released as part of a long, 120 degree view of the plane our galaxy. Now, data from the very center of that picture are being presented at a different contrast to better highlight this jam packed region. In visible light pictures, it is all but impossible to see the heart of our galaxy,