IC 2944 | Milky Way Women's Organic Cotton T-Shirt Color:navy birthing many stars within its

birthing many stars within its clouds of cold hydrogen

where it separated from the ordinary matter

The original image was taken on April 10

The image foreshadows the final fate of the Sun

and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

IC 2944 | Milky Way Women's Organic Cotton T-Shirt Color:navy birthing many stars within itsThis intriguing new view of a spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 is being released to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of ESOs Very Large Telescope. This image also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray globules silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula. These globules are under fierce bombardment from the ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot young stars. They are both being eroded away and also fragmenting,