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This new image of NGC 2264, also known as the โChristmas Tree Cluster,โ shows the shape of a cosmic tree with the glow of stellar lights. NGC 2264 is, in fact, a cluster of youngย starsย โ with ages between about one and five million years old โ in ourย Milky Wayย about 2,500ย light-yearsย away from Earth. The stars in NGC 2264 are both smaller and larger than the Sun, ranging from some with less than a tenth theย massย of the Sun to others containing about seven solar masses.
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This photo of Saturn was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 22 October 2023, when the ringed planet was approximately 1365 million kilometres from Earth.ย
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