Video: Haunting new image of the Cone Nebula - a Milky Way 'star-factory' that sits 2,500 light-years from Earth - makes it appear like a mythological creature The European Space Observatory ...

At about 2,500 light-years from Earth, the Cone Nebula is relatively close to us, which makes it easy to observe. To find the Cone Nebula, scientists turned their telescope towards the Monoceros ...