The awe-inspiring view was captured by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) instrument on a telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, which sits at an altitude of 7,200ft.
The strange spatial strands, some of which stretch up to 150 light years across, were first discovered by astronomers at Northwestern University back in the early 1980s.
Beta Crucis, also known as Mimosa, is the heaviest of thousands of stars to have their age determined by asteroseismology, according to researchers at the Australian National University.
Out of this world! Stunning winning photos from the Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition 2021 are revealed
Spectacular photos of the Milky Way capture our galaxy as a backdrop to volcanoes and waterfalls on Earth
The 25 pictures have been nominated for a website s annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year compilation
They were taken in 12 different countries across the world, including Iran, Spain, USA, Greece and Australia
A team including astrophysicists from Illinois s Northwestern University developed the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulation of star formation to date.