Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula

By |2025-03-26T09:09:10-04:00March 26th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day You'd think the Pacman Nebula would be eating stars, but actually it is forming them. Within the nebula, a cluster's young, massive stars are powering the pervasive nebular glow. The eye-catching shapes looming in the featured portrait of NGC 281 are sculpted dusty columns and dense Bok globules seen in [...]