A large, amorphous blob in a circular shape has layers of transparent, hazy color overlapping. The different layers start with a slight blue and dark purple around the outer rim and move inward to brighter purples. While white dots representing stars speckle the whole image, in the upper left part of this shape is a bright white circular cloud with more pronounced and larger stars grouped together.
Credit: NASA
Published: December 19, 2022

An illustration of a purple star-forming nebula. The colors depicted in this illustration are for artistic purposes only.

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