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Clouds of the Carina Nebula
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The Galactic Center in Infrared
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Inside the Flame Nebula
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The Hydrogen Clouds of M33
Gorgeous spiral galaxy M33 seems to have more than its fair share of glowing hydrogen gas.
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MyCn 18: The Engraved Hourglass Planetary Nebula
Do you see the hourglass shape -- or does it see you?
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The Annotated Galactic Center
The center of our Milky Way galaxy can be found some 26,000 light-years away toward the constellation Sagittarius.
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The Iris Nebula in a Field of Dust
These cosmic dust clouds drift some 1,300 light-years away along the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus.
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Recycling Cassiopeia A
Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives.
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M27: Not a Comet
While hunting for comets in the skies above 18th century France, astronomer Charles Messier diligently kept a list of the things he encountered that were definitely not comets.
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Messier 61 Close Up
Image data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the European Southern Observatory, and small telescopes on planet Earth are combined in this magnificent portrait of face-on spiral galaxy Messier 61 (M61).
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