Wide-field view of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster Wall Art including Frame PopSocket the interstellar gas

the interstellar gas

Nestled amongst the vast clouds of star-forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of our own Solar System

made with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory

These may be the result of seasonal frost processes

making it an ideal laboratory for investigating star formation

Wide-field view of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster Wall Art including Frame PopSocket the interstellar gasThe Fornax Galaxy Cluster is one of the closest such groupings beyond our own Local Group of galaxies. This visible light wide field image of the cluster was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is approximately three degrees across. Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin