NASA releases new space photos

Cygnus X, one of the most active regions of star birth in the Milky Way galaxy, is pictured in this NASA handout image Jan 10, 2012. 

This new image, released by NASA Jan 10, 2012, shows the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light as seen by the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission with NASA contributions, and NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. 

A compass and scale image of the Borg 58 galaxy field, showing five tiny galaxies clustered together 13.1 billion light-years away, is seen in this Jan 10, 2012 handout.

A section of the Milky Way galaxy is pictured in this NASA handout received by Reuters Jan 10, 2012.