Snowflake in a Christmas tree

Snowflake in a Christmas tree

Snowflake in a Christmas tree

A delicate pink snowflake has formed in the branches of a christmas tree, as revealed by NASA’s Spitzer. The snowflake formation is made of infant stars that appear to have formed in regularly spaced intervals.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/P.S. Teixeira (Center for Astrophysics)
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