⚠️ Now entering area with active star formation ⚠️ Nearly 2,000 light-years from Earth in a relatively isolated area of our Milky Way Galaxy, this stunning nebula called Sharpless 2-106 is a bipolar star-forming region brought to life by the birth of a massive star. IRS 4, born roughly 100,000 years ago, spewed dust and hot gas across the nebula, resulting in a beautiful butterfly appearance. Amid the stellar activity, hundreds of low-mass brown dwarf stars were also found spread across the nebu