NGC 6357 is a vast cloud primarily composed of molecular hydrogen gas, serving as a colossal stellar nursery. This nebula is home to the Pismis 24 cluster, which consists of hot, young, massive stars.

However, further observations from the Hubble Space Telescope revealed that Pismis 24-1 is actually a triple star system. This finding emphasizes the intricate nature of stellar systems and the ...

Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape. It is, in fact, a region called NGC 6357 where radiation from hot, young stars is energizing ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, ...

NGC 6334 is located about 5500 light-years away from Earth, while NGC 6357 is more remote, at a distance of 8000 light-years. Both are in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion), near the tip … ...

Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape. It is, in fact, a region called NGC 6357 where radiation from hot, young stars is ...

An image of the star-forming region NGC 6357 with the young star XUE 10. Observations with JWST/MIRI reveal a planet-forming disk whose spectrum shows clear detections of four distinct forms of carbon ...

Back to Article List VLT takes a close look at NGC 6357 The view shows many hot young stars, glowing clouds of gas, and weird dust formations sculpted by ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds.

NGC 6357 — a massive cluster of stars, dust and gas located over 5,500 light-years from Earth — contains three separate groups of young and hot stars.

Located around 8000 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion), NGC 6357 — sometimes nicknamed the Lobster Nebula [1] due to its appearance in visible-light images — is a ...

Part of the constellation Scorpius centred on NGC 6357 which has star cluster Pismis 24 in its centre. This beautiful space wallpaper is a colour composite taken by the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS ...

That is NCG 6357, also sometimes called the Lobster Nebula (due to its shape in visible-light images; though from what I’ve seen it looks more like a crab …but that name was already taken).