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A Gorgeous image of HH 211, a bright region surrounding a young star, unveiling intricate details of its outflows.
The observations suggest the protostar may be part of a binary system
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, T. Ray (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)
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Since we are inside the Milky Way, we don’t know exactly what it looks like.
However, the nearby galaxy NGC 6744 is similar, making this image feel like a postcard of what our galaxy might appear like from afar.
(Credit: ESO)
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Breathtaking: The arcs seen in HH 49/50 resemble a wake behind a boat moving rapidly through water.
These bow shocks mark regions where fast-moving jets collide violently with slower-moving surrounding gas
(Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NASA-JPL, SSC)
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Nestled in the Large Magellanic Cloud, near Dorado, the brilliant nebula known as NGC 2060 is what remains of a supernova.
Such explosions mark the violent deaths of massive stars, hurling searing-hot debris into the surrounding space.
(Credit: ESO)
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IC 4406, known as the Retina Nebula, is nearing the end of its life. If observed from different angles, it would appear as a great toroidal structure of gas and dust expanding outward.
(Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); C.R. O'Dell - Vanderbilt University)
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A very view of the dramatic stellar nursery 30 Doradus, known as the Tarantula Nebula.
(Credit: ESO)
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Spectacular: These two galaxies in Arp-Madore 608-333 are being pulled and reshaped by their mutual gravitational attraction.
(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Dark Energy Survey/Department of Energy/Fermilab/Dark Energy Camera/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory/NOIRLab/AURA)
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A spectacular cosmic ocean of glowing hydrogen gas, along with small amounts of other elements such as oxygen and sulphur
Known as M17 (or the Swan or Omega Nebula), this star forming region is located 5500 light-years from Earth...
Credit: NASA, ESA and J. Hester (ASU)
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A stunning view of Messier 83, the barred spiral galaxy also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, one of the largest and nearest barred spirals to Earth.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) - Acknowledgement: William Blair (Johns Hopkins University)
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Spectacular:
Inside NGC 602 in the Small Magellanic Cloud, radiant young blue stars are hollowing out their surroundings, carving the cloud’s inner boundary as they slowly erode it.
(Credit: NASA)
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What If the Universe Created Life for One Astonishing Reason?
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Fascinating: Arp 220, the closest Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy (ULIRG) to Earth, was formed from two galaxies that collided and are now in the process of merging.
(Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans)
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A fascinating view of 30 Doradus that merges infrared with radio observations
(Credit: ESO, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Wong et al., ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)
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Behind Saturn...
In this Cassini spacecraft image from NASA, Saturn’s moon Tethys appears to hover above the planet’s north pole, creating a striking illusion of perspective.
(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
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Breathtaking! - The Westerlund 2 star cluster
(Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team)
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A spectacular view of Saturn’s Rings...
(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill)
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Spectacular: 12 highlights of the Vela supernova remnant, each showing a different intricate part of the beautiful pink and orange gaseous clouds and the bright stars in the foreground and background...
(Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team/Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)
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Dazzling: Barnard 175, a soft-hued reflection nebula atop a dense Bok globule. A Herbig-Haro object, signaling a newborn star, shines in the upper right.
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
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Amazing: CGCG 396-2, a remarkable multi-armed galaxy merger positioned about 520 million light-years from Earth in Orion.
(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel)
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