Recently, over 100 young stars have been discovered forming in the nebula. To get a better idea of why this is more usually called the Elephant’s Trunk, check out this photo of the whole nebula ...

ASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team . NASA’s Wide-field Survey Explorer (WISE) took this image of the Elephant’s Trunk nebula, showing clouds of dust and gas pushed and eroded by a massive star.