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In the Cygnus OB2 star cluster, giant stars send out large amounts of high-energy radiation that can disrupt relatively fragile disks of dust and gas that are in the process of coalescing to form new planets. These images show Chandra data detailing the diffuse X-ray emission and young stars, with infrared data from Spitzer revealing young stars and the cooler dust and gas throughout the region. These data were used to create the best census of young stars in the cluster.