Stars are born at a furious pace in this bright stellar nursery

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features a stunning scene deep in the Milky Way, where stars are being born at a furious pace.  The James Webb Space Telescope has captured Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s largest and most active star-forming cloud. The star nursery is located just a few hundred light-years from the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s core. Astronomers describe Sagittarius B2 as an engine of creation. Despite containing just 10 percent of the star-making gas...