NASA shares 7 glittering images of star formation

1. NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) near the center of this composite image of the Swan Nebula

2. Cassiopeia A, the remains of a star that blew up in a supernova event

3. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission captured this mosaic of the Heart and Soul nebulae.

4. Chandra captures a pulsar, only 12 miles in diametre

5. James Webb catches a cosmic Tarantula nebula star-forming region in a new light

6. Astronomers combined several Hubble Space Telescope images to create this view of the Pillars of Creation, which are about 5 light-years tall

7. NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) detected the magnetic field streamlines shown over this image of the Keyhole Nebula.