The latest picture comes from the Spitzer Space Telescope and is a composite of four infrared images. The Orion Nebula has revealed a lot about how stars are created from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. Nasa said in a blog post about the image:'W40 is about 1,400 light-years from the Sun, about the same distance as the well-known Orion nebula, although the two are almost 180 degrees apart in the sky. The Spitzer Space Telescope (pictured), formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility is an infrared telescope that studies the early universe, young galaxies and forming stars. The Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility is an infrared telescope that studies the early universe, young galaxies and forming stars.

Source: Daily Mail March 28, 2019 12:22 UTC