NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day


2025 June 23 - W5: Pillars of Star Formation

June 23, 2025

In today's image, we see W5, which is a star forming region. The central, hollowed out region, contains the older stars while the edges contains the stars just forming.


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