By Jeff Gaffney Every fall and winter, one of the most delicate, iconic, endangered visitors, the western Monarch butterfly, ...

NASA is putting a holiday spin on its latest photo release of NGC 2264. The cluster of young stars is known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster” and you can see why. It looks exactly like a cosmic ...

Just in time for the holidays, NASA released a composite image of NGC 2264, also known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster.” It “shows the shape of a cosmic tree with the glow of stellar lights ...

This smaller structure is found within the larger Christmas Tree Cluster, and is made up of lines of young stars gradually drifting out from a center point. More Must-Reads from TIME.

The festive holiday came early for the star cluster, which is 2,500 light-years away! Space is wishing Earth a Merry Christmas from 2,500 light-years away!

Environment and Resource Authority, which had issued a stop notice to protect a cluster of two mature nettle trees on part of ...

The festive holiday came early for the star cluster, which is 2,500 light-years away! ... The stars are surrounded by swirls of gas, which look like pine needles of an evergreen tree.

The festive holiday came early for the star cluster, which is 2,500 light-years away! ... The stars are surrounded by swirls of gas, which look like pine needles of an evergreen tree.