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V838 Monocerotis. A red variable star in the constellation Monoceros about 20,000 light years from the Sun.
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A Hubble Space Telescope image of the R136 super star cluster, near the center of the 30 Doradus Nebula, also known as the Tarantula Nebula or NGC 2070.
NGC 6188 is an emission #nebula located about 4,000 light years away in the constellation Ara. @Katie Hrubec #space
11 Psychedelic Pictures Of Space That Won Awards This Year
“The Horsehead Nebula” (left), by Bill Snyder, (Winner), and “At the Feet of Orion (NGC 1999) - Full Field”, by Marco Lorenzi. | 11 Psychedelic Pictures Of Space That Won Awards This Year
Wormholes can drag Stars and other light sources into the darkness of Other Space, where the Ztars dwell...
The Witch's Broom Nebula within the Veil Nebula. Image credit NASA/ESA
Star birth in the extreme
~~Star birth in the extreme ~ Hubble's view of the Carina Nebula shows star birth in a new level of detail. The fantasy-like landscape of the nebula is sculpted by the action of outflowing winds and scorching ultraviolet radiation from the monster stars that inhabit this inferno. In the process, these stars are shredding the surrounding material that is the last vestige of the giant cloud from which the stars were born | Hubble~~
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Located approximately 7,000 light-years from Earth and nestled in the constellation Serpens lays the ultimate stellar nursery: the Eagle Nebula. This planetary nebula is home to seven strikingly beautiful pillars, most commonly referred to as the “Pillars of Creation," because it is in these towers that new stars are formed.
"Space Storm." nebula #universe