10 mesmerising images of stars captured by NASA telescopes
Innumerable stars made of hot gas illuminate the universe. Here are ten spectacular images of stars captured by NASA telescopes.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured this stunning sight of a dying star, located about 2,000 light years away in the constellation Lyra.
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This striking image shows a bright flash of light and gas being emitted from the star V838 Mon. The image was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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This stunning image captures the formation of a star in the star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959, which lies within the constellation Scorpius.
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This glittering image features thousands of stars which are held together by an intense gravitational pull in the globular cluster known as NGC 2298.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope took this captivating image featuring a pair of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47.
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This mesmerising image shows a halo of light surrounding a distant star named V838 Monocreotis, located about 20,000 light-years away from Earth.
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This spectacular image shows the star RS Puppis, which is 10 times more massive than the Sun. It is located 6,500 light-years away.
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This sparkling image shows millions of stars densely packed together in a globular cluster, located about 157,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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This beautiful image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a bright star in proximity to the irregular Arp 263 galaxy.
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NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope took this image of Eta Carinae, one of the most massive and brightest stars in the galaxy.
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This surreal image captures the hot stellar core of a dying star in its final stage as it undergoes nuclear fusion.