In addition to their environmental initiatives, Twinkling Tree has created a thriving virtual community, amassing more than 100,000 Instagram followers and receiving positive feedback on websites ...

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.

NASA said that a telescope captured an image of NGC 2264, which is a cluster of young stars aged between one and five million years old. NGC 2264 — also known as the "Christmas Tree Cluster ...

Gene-edited glowing trees, if they can be grown, could theoretically eliminate the need to manufacture that equipment, would require little cost, and zero electricity. They also would be efficient.