H II Region | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt t-shirt corresponding to about 15 light-years

corresponding to about 15 light-years at the distance of the Omega Nebula

The bubble-shaped shroud of gas is 23 light-years across and is expanding at more than 18 million km/h

the dust also scatters blue light from the distant stars and makes the central part of this huge starscape appear very red

new stars are forming and beginning to emerge into the wild

astronomers continue tracking shifting weather patterns and storms

H II Region | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt t-shirt corresponding to about 15 light-yearsTwo of the skys more famous residents share the stage with a lesser known neighbour in this enormous three gigapixel image from ESOs VLT Survey Telescope (VST). On the right lies the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2 54, the iconic Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) is in the centre, and the Omega Nebula (Messier 17) to the left. This cosmic trio makes up just a portion of a vast complex of gas and dust within which new stars are springing to life