By Khushi Pal
Published Jun 02, 2024

Hindustan Times
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10 images of space shared by NASA that will leave you spellbound

The universe has innumerable galaxies, stars and nebulae that offer a visual spectacle. Here is a look at ten images of space captured by NASA that will leave you spellbound.

This sparkling image shows the  NGC 4731 galaxy, located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. 

This spectacular image shows Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant, exuding extremely bright gamma rays.

This spectacular image shows the Wolf Rayet nebula which is located 30,000 light-years away. It features a giant bubble surrounding bright stars. 

This amazing image is of a 100 million-year-old globular cluster NGC 1850 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

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.

This mesmerising image shows the irregular galaxy NGC 6822, located about 1.5 million light-years away. 

This gorgeous Hubble image shows colourful clouds of gas and dust in the Lagoon Nebula, located 4,000 light-years away from Earth. 

This beautiful image is of the N44 nebula surrounded by glowing hydrogen gas, dust and massive stars. The image shows a starry gap called "superbubble" formed by gas and dust in the nebula.

This captivating image shows a knot of gas and dust formed due to ultraviolet radiation blasting from bright stars. 

Here's a striking infrared view of the Tarantula Nebula. The image shows a cluster of more than 800,000 stars and protostars embedded inside the nebula.