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Spitzer's Orion
Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula!
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NGC 2170: Angel Nebula Still Life
Is this a painting or a photograph?
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Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble
This dance is to the death. Along the way, as these two large galaxies duel, a cosmic bridge of stars, gas, and dust currently stretches over 75,000 light-years and joins them.
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Star Forming Region NGC 3582 without Stars
What's happening in the Statue of Liberty nebula?
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M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
Why is the Cigar Galaxy billowing red smoke?
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Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Messier 2
After the Crab Nebula, M1, this giant star cluster is the second entry in 18th century astronomer Charles Messier's famous list of things that are not comets.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail
Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188, the Tadpole Galaxy.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Mount Everest Star Trails
The highest peak on planet Earth is framed in this mountain and night skyscape.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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