An X-Ray Santa Claus in Orion

Right in time for the festive season, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has discovered a huge cloud of high-temperature gas resting in a spectacular nearby star-forming region, shaped somewhat like the silhouette of Santa Claus.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMOCI73R8F_index_0.html

Time: 29. Nov. 2007

Feed: ESA Top News

Topics: claus, santa, x-ray