This composite image, below, shows an animated version of the Christmas Tree Cluster where its blue and white X-ray lights blink: This composite image shows the Christmas Tree Cluster, with its X ...

giving it the appearance of a freshly cut Christmas tree sitting upright in the cosmos. NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars located 2,500 light-years away from Earth. The cluster is estimated to ...

ARIZONA, USA — Space is wishing Earth a Merry Christmas from ... and needles of an evergreen tree, with glowing lights of blue and white - stars within the cluster - scattered across it ...

If you glance at NGC 2264, you'll see very quickly why this cluster of stars is nicknamed the "Christmas Tree Cluster ... just 2,500 light-years from Earth. And the stars within it are very, ...