The ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory houses the largest infrared telescope placed into space in order to study the lives and evolution of stars and galaxies. Its on-board instruments took this stunning image of a large cloud of cosmic dust and gases which are 9,100 light years from Earth, referred to as NGC 7538,  and shows a giant ring like structure that is situated at the center-top of this picture. Astronomers and scientists are not certain as to what this cosmic ring may be but it could help in their study of how stars come into existence.