Flame in Orion's Belt Wall Art including Frame T-shirts and its exterior was blasted

and its exterior was blasted away in an immense release of energy astronomers call a supernova

causing it to become ionized and glow in visible light

or HII regions (pronounced “H-two”)

Composite image of the Abell 2597 galaxy cluster showing the fountain-like flow of gas powered by the supermassive black hole in the central galaxy

Flame in Orion's Belt Wall Art including Frame T-shirts and its exterior was blastedThis mosaic image taken by NASA's Wide field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features three nebulae that are part of the giant Orion Molecular Cloud. The image covers an area of the sky about three times as high and wide as the full moon (1. 5 by 1. 8 degrees). Included in this view are the Flame nebula, the Horsehead nebula and NGC 2023. Despite its name, there is no fire roaring in the Flame nebula. What makes this nebula shine is the bright blue