Astronomy Picture of the Day<p>APOD from 2025-05-02</p><p>Young Star Cluster NGC 346</p><p>NGC 346, a massive young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, is 210,000 light-years away. Its stars shape their surrounding nebula and trigger new star formation. This James <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Webb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Webb</span></a> Space <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telescope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/infrared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrared</span></a> image shows the region's vibrant colors across 240 light-years.</p><p>HD image at <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250502.html#space" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250502.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml#space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a></p>