Your living room isn't the only place housing a large green Christmas tree with sparkling lights this year. NASA has found a spot in space with its own glowing cosmic tree for the holiday season.

A new image posted Tuesday by NASA shows the “Christmas Tree Cluster,” also known by its official name of NGC 2264. The cluster of stars looks like a Christmas tree, including pine needles ...

NGC 2264 — also known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster” since it looks like a cosmic tree with strings of glowing lights — can be found in the Milk Way, about 2,500 light-years from Earth.

The cosmic tree sits within NGC 2264, located in the obscure constellation of Monoceros, the Unicorn, not far from the more familiar figure of Orion, the Hunter. It is a massive multiple-star ...

NASA streams first-ever high-definition video from deep space NGC 2264 — also known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster” since it looks like a cosmic tree with strings of glowing lights — can ...