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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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Gaze upon ESO 174-1, an irregular galaxy captured in all its ethereal beauty by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Gorgeous: The Helix Nebula fraying at the seams (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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Stunning: The Tarantula nebula caught by the James Webb Space Telescope (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
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Arp 105, often called “The Guitar” because of its shape, captures the breathtaking merger of a spiral and an elliptical galaxy, leaving behind a colossal stream of stars and gas more than 362,000 light-years long (Credit: NASA, ESA and M. West; Processing: Gladys Kober)
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Spectacluar! Each dot in this Herschel image is an entire galaxy containing billions of stars The image was taken in a region of space called the Lockman hole, which allows a clear line of sight out into the distant Universe. (Credit: ESA/SPIRE Consortium/HerMES consortia)
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Mocha Swirls in Jupiter’s Turbulent Atmosphere At the center of the image, a dark, circular vortex reveals a cyclone spanning nearly 250 miles (400 kilometers). Its inky interior may form where sinking winds strip away higher clouds Credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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Since the Moon keeps one face turned toward Earth, its far side is never visible to us. This is what it looks like: (Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)
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Though Enceladus is only a fraction of Earth’s size—just 1/50,000th its mass—its hidden ocean, active chemistry, and abundant energy may make it one of the most promising destinations in the solar system (Credit: NASA/JPL)
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Abeautiful view of “Mystic Mountain” (a region in the Carina Nebula) (Credit: NASA, ESA and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team/STScI)
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Stunning: JWST captured towering, desert-like columns in the Pillars of Creation, composed of partially transparent gas and dust. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
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A fragment of a huge stellar explosion! What looks like a gossamer veil in space is actually part of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, as seen by Hubble. The explosion came from a star about 20 times more massive than our Sun! (Credit: ESA/Hubble/NASA, W. Blair, Leo Shatz)
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Amazing: Captured in extreme ultraviolet, this eruptive prominence on the sun dwarfs Earth, added here for scale (Credit: NASA/SDO)
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A fascinating perspective: Earth and moon versus Jupiter...
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Spectacular: Egmont National Park in New Zealand as seen from space! Due to the national park's circular boundaries, there is a distinct ring of forest around Mount Taranaki. This Unique Forest Ring makes it one of the most remarkable forest parks. (Credit: NASA Johnson)
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Fascinating! The mountainous terrain of Pluto (Credit: NASA)
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Fascinating: This image exposes newborn stars previously obscured by thick dust, highlighting a section of the well-known Christmas Tree Cluster (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/P.S. Teixeira/Center for Astrophysics)
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Spectacular: ESO’s La Silla, standing watch over a boundless ocean of mountains and mist… (Credit: ESO)
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Breathtaking Mimas on June 6 2012 (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill)
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Six breathtaking galaxy mergers as seen by Hubble! (Credit: ESA/Hubble, N. Bartmann)
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Gorgeous: Newborn stars, concealed behind thick clouds of dust, shine through in this image of a section of the so-called Christmas Tree Cluster. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/P.S. Teixeira (Center for Astrophysics)
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