"These X-rays are powered by winds flowing from the young, massive stars that are sprinkled throughout the cluster," NASA said. "The extended cloud in the Chandra data likely comes from the overlapping X-ray glow of thousands of young, low-mass stars in the cluster."

NASA says a recently spotted star cluster bears an uncanny resemblance to a holiday wreath and have named it "cosmic wreath" as a result.

NASA is celebrating the holiday season by unveiling a stunning new image of a cosmic wreath. Located 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud, star cluster NGC 602 blends data from Chandra X-ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope.