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Headline: NASA Rings In The Holidays With Stunning Festive Cosmic Images
Caption: NASA is celebrating the holiday season by unveiling a stunning new image of a cosmic wreath. Located 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud, star cluster NGC 602 blends data from Chandra X-ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope. Chandra reveals glowing red points from young, massive stars, while JWST highlights vibrant dust clouds forming the wreath shape. NASA also unveiled the “Christmas Tree Cluster” (NGC 2264), located 2,500 light-years away in the Milky Way. The cluster's green-tinged triangular formation evokes a holiday tree. Young stars in NGC 2264, aged 1–5 million years, emit energy flares and X-rays, creating a twinkling effect. These stars range from a fraction to over seven times the sun's size, with magnetic field variations adding to the display.
Keywords: NASA,Rings,Star,Holiday,Stunning,Festive Cosmic images,Universe,Chandra X-ray Observatory,the James Webb Space Telescope,Christmas Tree,science and technology
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