NASA captures 'candy-floss' in space. 10 stunning pics of our cosmic neighbours
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an ethereal image of a cluster of a nebulae called N11. That’s a humdrum name for what NASA described as “a bubbling region of stars”.
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Hubble’s N11 image looks like a billowing red fog littered with glitter.
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This mesmerising image is of cosmic dust in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope obtained this beautiful image which is about 62 million light years away from us.
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The dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 4879 is isolated, lying just beyond our local group of galaxies some four million light-years away.
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The Triangulum galaxy is located within the constellation Triangulum and is about half the size of our Milky Way galaxy.
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Leo A, a dwarf galaxy 2.6 million light-years away, is studied by astronomers for insights into galaxy formation and evolution.
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The VV124 is relatively isolated and astronomers are studying this galactic neighbour to try and determine if it is an undisturbed older galaxy.
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The Nebula IRAS 05437+2502 billows out among the bright stars and dark dust clouds that surround it in this image.
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Hubble captured a supernova, or a star's explosive death, in galaxy LEDA 857074. It can be seen as a bright dot of light.
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This Pommel horse is located about 1,600 light years away, it is a popular target for amateur and professional astronomers.