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nformally known as the Soap Bubble Nebula, this rare formation was spotted by amateur astronomer...

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Uploaded on Jul 29, 2009

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Red represents low-energy X-rays, the medium range is green, and the most energetic ones are colored...

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Uploaded on Apr 6, 2009

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This composite image shows the galaxy cluster 1E 0657-556, also known as the...

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Uploaded on Nov 7, 2007

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the most recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope views of an unusual phenomenon in space called a light...

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2007

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed three magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula -- the...

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2007

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed three magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula -- the...

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2007

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed three magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula -- the...

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2007

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Thousands of sparkling young stars are nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603. This stellar...

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2007

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In this composite image of spiral galaxy M106 (NGC 4258), optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey...

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Uploaded on Sep 14, 2007

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While perhaps not quite as well known as its star-formation cousin Orion, the Corona Australis...

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Uploaded on Sep 14, 2007

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A star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of...

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Uploaded on Sep 11, 2007

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The Helix Nebula, which is composed of gaseous shells and disks puffed out by a dying sunlike star,...

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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2007

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On August 25, 2003, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope blasted into the same dark skies it now better...

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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2007

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Eight hundred light-years away in the Orion constellation, a gigantic murky cloud called...

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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2007

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Human families may be bonded by blood, but stellar families are united by gravity. A family...

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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2007

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Baby stars are forming near the eastern rim of the cosmic cloud Perseus, in this infrared image from...

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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2007

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This is a composite image of N49, the brightest supernova remnant in optical light in the Large...

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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2007

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The many "personalities" of our great galactic neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, are exposed...

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Uploaded on Sep 10, 2007

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