In today's image, we see the star forming region known as the Eagle Nebula with great finger-like formations pointing toward the newly formed cluster of stars. We also find that a good number of these stars are also emitting x-rays which is rather puzzling based on known properties of stars and understanding this is a topic of current research.

My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel.

This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast.

I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: wagnerastronomy@gmail.com

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.