Stars, in your multitudes. ✨ Our orbiting NASAHubble telescope captured this view of the Pismis 24 star cluster back in 2006. It's part of the NGC 6357 Nebula, seen here in orange-red. The strong stellar winds coming from the cluster's young stars are pushing the nebula's materials away. The heart of this cluster holds an unusual object: Pismis 24-1, once thought to be one of the largest stars in our galaxy with a mass as great as 300 Suns. However, further Hubble observations uncovered that Pismis 24-1 was actually two separate stars, each about 100 solar masses in size. Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain) Image description: This Hubble photo is visually split into two equally-sized areas. On the right side, a handful of bright white-and-blue stars stand out against the background of space. On the left side, swirling clouds of orange, red, and black make up a gigantic nebula, with a rounded tendril appearing to extend towards t...