Arrayed with a simple triangular outline above S Monocerotis, the stars of NGC 2264 are popularly known as the Christmas Tree star cluster. Image Credit & Copyright ...

The Milky Way is delivering some holiday cheer in a new image and video NASA published Tuesday. Young stars clustered together some 2,500 light years from Earth are creating a Christmas tree in space.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory helped to build a particularly festive image of the gas, dust, and young stars of NGC 2264, also known as the "Christmas Tree Cluster." What it is: The young star ...

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As Orion and Gemini rise in the east after dark, they carry between them the lesser-known constellation Monoceros. Within this star pattern is our target for tonight: the festive Christmas Tree ...

It seems NASA is getting into the holiday spirit. Just in time for Christmas, the space agency released a new image earlier this week of a celestial formation known as the "Christmas tree cluster." ...

A cosmic christmas tree appears to sit some 2,500 light-years from Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This month, space feels ...

NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars that has been colored and rotated to emphasize its nickname of the “Christmas Tree Cluster”. Astronomers have released new “Christmas Tree Cluster” images using ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and several other telescopes are getting into the holiday spirit with two mind-blowing images from space. While images of NGC 2264 and UGC ...

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 ...