Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... In the above picture, note how blue the spiral arms are - this indicates the presence of hot young stars and on-going star formation. ... Stars are evolving in the Large Magellanic Clouds (LMC). This is particularly evident in the above close-up of the LMC's edge, which appears about as large as the full moon. ... Made famous by a picture from the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, the Eagle Nebula shows the dramatic process of star formation. ...