To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope tomorrow, Nasa has released an image of a fantastic tapestry of stars snapped by the orbiting observatory. The image shows a giant distant cluster of about 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2 inside a stellar 'breeding ground' called Gum 29, 20,000 light-years from Earth. In the image massive young stars can be seen feeding a nearby region with the fuel it needs to form new stars. Scroll down for video A stellar nursery of about 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2 located about 20,000 light-years from the planet earth in the constellation Carina is shown in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, released today to celebrate the silver anniversary of Hubble's launchNasa scientists in California have released an image of distant giant cluster of 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2Massive stars are seen feeding regions of dust and gas in the image, sparking new star formationThe image was released to mark the Hubble Space Telescope's 25th anniversary tomorrowIt was launched on 24 April 1990 and, after a shaky start, has had a hugely successful career
The image is part of a week of celebrations by _ to commemorate what is widely regarded as the most important space telescope of all. Learning about the life cycle of stars was one of the reasons _ was built. But the mission almost start in disaster, when _ discovered a manufacturing flaw in the telescope's 7.9ft (2.4-meter) diameter mirror.