A new photo shows a cloud of gas that creates a high rate of star formation.
There is a stellar nursery located 50 million light-years from Earth. One of the largest groups of galaxies in the world is called NGC 4303.
A large amount of stars are born in the galaxy. According to a statement from the European Southern Observatory, studying this type of galaxy helps astronomer to understand star formation across the universe.
There are amazing views from the Very Large Telescope.
The stars form when cold gas collapses. Newly born stars will heat and ionize the gas around them.
The cloud of ionized gas in the photo appears to be a "whirlpool of gold." The path of new stars is traced by the swirling clouds.
This "jewel-like" image was created by Astronomers using the Multi- Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the VLT. Their observations showed a golden whirlpool speckled with gas clouds of ionized oxygen, hydrogen and sulfur.
According to the statement, the recent observations were collected as part of a project called the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby Galaxies.
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