This stellar landscape is reminiscent of a winter vista in a view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (red, green, and blue). Chandra data (red, green and blue) punctuate the scene with bursts of colored lights representing high-energy activity from the active stars.
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire; Infrared: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and NSA/ESA/CSA/STScI/A. Pagan
Data from Chandra adds red, green, and blue twinkling lights in this Dec. 22, 2025, image of Pismis 24 from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Pismis 24 is a young cluster of stars in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula, approximately 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Home to a vibrant stellar nursery and one of the closest sites of massive star birth, Pismis 24 provides rare insight into large and massive stars. This region is one of the best places to explore the properties of hot young stars and how they evolve.
Image credit: Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire; Infrared: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and NSA/ESA/CSA/STScI/A. Pagan
在这张由NASA詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜（红、绿、蓝色）拍摄的影像中，这片恒星景观宛如一幅冬日雪景图。钱德拉数据（红、绿、蓝色）以爆发的彩光点缀其间，代表了活跃恒星产生的高能活动。
影像来源: X射线: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire; 红外光: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; 影像处理: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and NSA/ESA/CSA/STScI/A. Pagan
在这张2025年12月22日发布的Pismis 24图像中，来自钱德拉的数据为NASA詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜的画面增添了红、绿、蓝三色的闪烁光点。Pismis 24是一个位于邻近的龙虾星云核心区域的年轻星团，坐落于天蝎座，距离地球约5500光年。
作为一处充满活力的恒星育婴室，同时也是距离我们最近的大质量恒星诞生区之一，Pismis 24为深入了解大质量恒星提供了难得的观测机会。该区域是探索炽热年轻恒星特性及其演化过程的最佳场所之一。
影像来源: X射线: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire; 红外光: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; 影像处理: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and NSA/ESA/CSA/STScI/A. Pagan
