Fire (NGC 2467) Size:42" x 42" (107 cm x 107 cm) newborn stars heat the surrounding

newborn stars heat the surrounding dust to produce the infrared glow

000 miles an hour—fast enough to travel from Earth to the Moon in 24 minutes

000 stars comprise the cluster

The denser parts of the pillar are resisting being eroded by radiation much like a towering butte in Utah's Monument Valley withstands erosion by water and wind

2 million miles)

Fire (NGC 2467) Size:42" x 42" (107 cm x 107 cm) newborn stars heat the surroundingA colorful star forming region is featured in this stunning new NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 2467. Looking like a roiling cauldron of some exotic cosmic brew, huge clouds of gas and dust are sprinkled with bright blue, hot young stars. Strangely shaped dust clouds, resembling spilled liquids, are silhouetted against a colorful background of glowing. Like the familiar Orion Nebula, NGC 2467 is a huge cloud of gas mostly hydrogen that