Afghanistan, Feb. 15 -- NASA released a striking heart-shaped nebula image on Valentine's Day, revealing stellar nurseries forming within glowing gas and cosmic dust clouds nearby.
The newly released image shows the Cocoon Nebula, a star-forming region within the Milky Way where young stars emerge from dense clouds of gas and dust.
Data captured by Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal clusters of energetic newborn stars shining through surrounding clouds at the stellar nursery.
NASA explained that these young stars emit strong X-ray radiation, helping astronomers study how stars develop within such dense cosmic environments.
The glow seen in the nebula results from a combination of light emitted by young stars and reflections from nearby du...