H II Region | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt t-shirt The blue-green glow in the

The blue-green glow in the centre of the Helix comes from oxygen atoms shining under effects of the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 120 000 degree Celsius central star and the hot gas

new stars are forming and beginning to emerge into the wild

corresponding to about 15 light-years at the distance of the Omega Nebula

This image of a pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273 was released to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

The bubble-shaped shroud of gas is 23 light-years across and is expanding at more than 18 million km/h

H II Region | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt t-shirt The blue-green glow in theTwo of the skys more famous residents share the stage with a lesser known neighbour in this enormous three gigapixel image from ESOs VLT Survey Telescope (VST). On the right lies the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2 54, the iconic Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) is in the centre, and the Omega Nebula (Messier 17) to the left. This cosmic trio makes up just a portion of a vast complex of gas and dust within which new stars are springing to life