Five stunning cosmic images

Check out these NASA images for the beauty, mystery, and boundlessness of space never ceases to amaze us

These faint stars are newly formed, located 960 light-years away, with masses similar to those of giant planets

It's one of the universe's oldest and most majestic galaxies, radiating light and energy into the surrounding nebula

The Cone Nebula, 2,500 light-years away in the Monoceros constellation, is 7 light-years long and is marked by towering pillars of cold gas.

It is a group of five galaxies featuring distorted shapes, stretched spiral arms, and long, gaseous tidal tails filled with countless star clusters.

Situated 7,100 light-years from Earth, this star is 45 times more massive than our sun, with gases radiating in a spectrum of colours.