NASA’s Hubble celebrates Fourth of July early with galactic explosions

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a "firework" large enough to engulf our planet. The birth of a cluster of star in galaxy Kiso 6359 looks like a projectile from a Roman Candle, soaring through the night sky.

NASA’s page includes a helpful from Debra Elmegreen, a lead researcher at Vassar College, that gives the stars some galactic context:

"I think Kiso 5639 is a beautiful, up-close example of what must have been common long ago. The current thinking is that galaxies in the early universe grow from accreting gas from the surrounding neighborhood. It’s a stage that galaxies, including our Milky Way, must go through as they are growing up."

Yes, we’re aware that claiming stargazing is cooler than lighting actual fireworks is...