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.
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This sparkling image shows the NGC 4731 galaxy, located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
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This spectacular image shows Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant, exuding extremely bright gamma rays.
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This spectacular image shows the Wolf Rayet nebula which is located 30,000 light-years away. It features a giant bubble surrounding bright stars.
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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.
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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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This mesmerising image shows the irregular galaxy NGC 6822, located about 1.5 million light-years away.
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This gorgeous Hubble image shows colourful clouds of gas and dust in the Lagoon Nebula, located 4,000 light-years away from Earth.
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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.
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This captivating image shows a knot of gas and dust formed due to ultraviolet radiation blasting from bright stars.
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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.