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In this image, the central part of the Milky Way, with its many nebulae as well as the colorful nebulae around it, can be seen
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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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Orion Rising over Brazil
The next few months will be the best for seeing this familiar constellation as it rises continually earlier in the night.
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Recycling Cassiopeia A
Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives.
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Chamaeleon II Dark Cloud
A small constellation hiding near the south celestial pole, The Chamaeleon boasts no bright stars.
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Strawberry Moon over the Temple of Poseidon
Did you see the full moon last night?
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Cave Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur
What's inside this cosmic cave? A stellar nursery 10 light-years deep.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 1499: The California Nebula
There's even a California in space. Drifting through the Orion Arm of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, this cosmic cloud by chance echoes the outline of California on the west coast of the United States.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Pencil Nebula in Red and Blue
This shock wave plows through interstellar space at over 500,000 kilometers per hour.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Rings Around the Ring Nebula
There is much more to the familiar Ring Nebula (M57), however, than can be seen through a small telescope.
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