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Exploring the cosmos: 10 dreamy images of space captured by NASA
The universe is home to innumerable galaxies, stars, and nebulae that are a visual spectacle. Here are ten breathtaking images of space captured by NASA telescopes.
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This stunning image features the Omega Nebula, a horseshoe-shaped nebula with red dust along its outer shell.
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this mesmerising sight of a stellar nursery home to thousands of young stars.
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NASA's Chandra X-ray took this image of Cassiopeia A, the remains of a massive star that exploded about 350 years ago.
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This sparkling image is of a 100 million-year-old globular cluster NGC 1850 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
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This breathtaking image shows the Galaxy ESO 137-001 hurtling through space at 1.5 million miles per hour, leaving two tails of superheated gas behind it.
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Spitzer Space Telescope captured this image of stars forming in the Christmas Tree Cluster.
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This striking image shows the Veil Nebula.
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This beautiful image is of the N44 nebula surrounded by glowing hydrogen gas, dust and massive stars.
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This captivating image shows a star-forming region amidst gas and dust, located 13,000 light-years from Earth.
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Here's a surreal infrared view of the Tarantula Nebula. The image shows a cluster of over 800,000 stars and protostars embedded inside the nebula.
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