Star Cluster Resembles 'Cosmic Wreath' In Chandra X-Ray Telescope Tour

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Check out an amazing view of star cluster NGC 602.  It "lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud," according to the Chandra X-ray Telescope team.   Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart

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00:00Visit Chandra's Beautiful Universe

00:05NGC 602

00:10Since antiquity, wreaths have symbolized the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.

00:16It is fitting, then, that one of the best places for astronomers to learn more about the stellar life cycle

00:22resembles a giant holiday wreath itself.

00:26The star cluster NGC 602 lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud,

00:32which is one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, about 200,000 light-years from Earth.

00:40The stars in NGC 602 have fewer, heavier elements compared to the Sun and most of the rest of the galaxy.

00:47Instead, the conditions within NGC 602 mimic those for stars found billions of years ago,

00:54when the Universe was much younger.

00:56This new image combines data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope.

01:02The dark, ring-like outline of the wreath seen in JWST data is made up of dense clouds of filled gas.

01:09Meanwhile, X-rays from Chandra show young, massive stars that are illuminating the wreath,

01:15sending high-energy light into interstellar space.

01:19These X-rays are powered by winds flowing from the young, massive stars that are sprinkled throughout the cluster.

01:25The extended cloud in the Chandra data likely comes from the overlapping X-ray glow of thousands of young, low-mass stars in the cluster.

01:34What a week will be used for the S-ray glow of thousands of stars.

01:44The EOS is a small tiny ray of light in the organization,

01:46a little ray of light in the hand, all the way it is used to be used to be used to while the data is used to be used for the same.

01:48The String T deixa is very high, very done by the team.

01:50A big way it will vary.

01:51How can we use the S-ray funciona?

01:52The Wreath is a cloud in the cloud, so we will keep an air light in the cloud out the inner light in the cloud

01:54and keep an air in the cloud.

01:55The portal is also going to be a bit more effective in the cloud, so we can see the weather.

01:56The function of the cloud isn't up the other than the cloud, so you can see the cloud of the cloud is up and the cloud.

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