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NASA's Chandra observatory spots galaxies shaped like snowmen, Christmas tree
short by Girish Kumar Anshul / on Tuesday, 23 December, 2025
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has released festive space images showing galaxies and nebulae shaped like snowmen and Christmas trees. Using X-ray and visible light data, images reveal hidden cosmic activity such as galaxy collisions and star formation. One example is NGC 2264, which glows with dense clouds of star-forming gas, with X-rays highlighting newborn stars like Christmas tree.
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