NASA Image of the day, October 25, 2021.
This celestial lightsaber does not lie in a galaxy far, far away, but rather inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way. It’s inside a turbulent birthing ground for new stars known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away.
Image Credit: NASA/ESA
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Last Updated: Oct 25, 2021
NASA Editor: Yvette Smith