Orion Nebula Space Galaxy Placemat

Gift item of the Orion Nebula design. It is a colorful formation of clouds and dust scattered throughout the galaxy that creates new stars. These massive, young stars give shape to the nebula with pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of more budding stars. The Orion Nebula is revealed in vivid detail in the adjacent image, which combines images at visible and infrared wavelengths measured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope.