Mother’s Day: NASA’s Instagram post shows a site that ‘raised millions of young stars’

Mother’s Day: NASA’s Instagram post shows a site that ‘raised millions of young stars’

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Mother’s Day: NASA’s Instagram post shows a site that ‘raised millions of young stars’

On the occasion of Mother’s Day, NASA’s Hubble shared an image of a sparking region of star birth, leaving netizens mesmerized.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA /ˈnæsə/) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and space research.

NASA was established in 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The new agency was to have a distinctly civilian orientation, encouraging peaceful applications in space science. Since its establishment, most US space exploration efforts have been led by NASA, including the Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle. NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development of the Orion spacecraft, the Space Launch System, and Commercial Crew vehicles. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program, which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for uncrewed NASA launches.

Shared on Instagram, the post featured an image of a star-birth region called 30 Doradus, which has apparently “raised millions of young stars”.

“#HappyMothersDay from Hubble! This glittering region of star birth has “raised” millions of young stars. Called 30 Doradus…” the agency wrote, while sharing the picture.

According to Hubble, the region lies around 170,000 light-years away from earth, in the heart of Tarantula Nebula, and is reportedly the largest visible star-forming site in a neighboring galaxy.