H II Region | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt t-shirt The bubble-shaped shroud of gas

The bubble-shaped shroud of gas is 23 light-years across and is expanding at more than 18 million km/h

observers reported that it was bright enough to study during full daylight

new stars are forming and beginning to emerge into the wild

formed when the local gas is compressed and heated in front of the rapidly expanding lobes

H II Region | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt t-shirt The bubble-shaped shroud of gasTwo of the skys more famous residents share the stage with a lesser known neighbour in this enormous three gigapixel image from ESOs VLT Survey Telescope (VST). On the right lies the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2 54, the iconic Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) is in the centre, and the Omega Nebula (Messier 17) to the left. This cosmic trio makes up just a portion of a vast complex of gas and dust within which new stars are springing to life