An incredible picture of a triple-star system in the Taurus constellation, known as a "glittering cosmic geode," has been taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spied three young stars shining through a nebula as they orbit each other, one of which is about to ignite. This "glittering cosmic geode" triple-star system ...

Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in a new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The triple-star system ...

One of these subjects is HP Tau, an infant star seen at the top of a trio of glittering stars in Hubble's latest image. These stars sparkle from within a hollow cavity in a billowing cloud of gas ...