Intergalactic planetary Astronomers see new planet outside the Milky Way for first time in a spiral galaxy called the which is more than 23 million light-years from Earth <3 https://t.co/ZvejP3Gl8O https://t.co/07nqqOpoMb

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A mere 28 million light-years away in the galaxy M51 lies what could be the first extra-galactic exoplanet ever detected. Astronomers detected M51-ULS-1b orbiting a binary system consisting of a star and a possible black hole! 🚀

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The Heart Nebula lies some 7500 light-years away from and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way in the constellation I captured this in narrowband.

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Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is huge. Cataloged as Sharpless 2-308 it lies some 5,000 light-years away toward the constellation of the Big Dog (Canis Major) and covers slightly more of the sky than a Full Moon https://t.co/G7d7iK6jma

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Big, beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 66 lies a mere 35 million light-years away. The gorgeous island universe is about 100 thousand light-years across, similar in size to the Milky Way [read more: https://t.co/vIC5x8vtGB]

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This fantastic skyscape lies near the edge of NGC 2174 a star forming region about 6,400 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation of Orion. It follows mountainous clouds of gas and dust carved by winds and radiation from the region's newborn stars https://t.co/lu3vNBhuml

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Space fact:

The Milky Way galaxy is 105,700 light-years wide.

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Helix Nebula, one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae, at ~700 light-years Img1 with my on Aug30 Img2 from https://t.co/diyFvnWLnm Img3 by NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Su (Univ. of Arizona)

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M74 a perfect Spiral Galaxy 32 million light-years away toward Pisces (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭💥⭐️

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Star Forming Region M20 Trifid Nebula 5,000 light-years away toward Sagittarius (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭💥⭐️

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If not perfect then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic. An island universe of about 100 billion stars, 32 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces, M74 presents a gorgeous face-on view [read more: https://t.co/rEYTd3siCH]

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The beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. It almost covers the area of a full moon in planet Earth's sky [read more: https://t.co/HB4hwbyqWU]

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The Pillars of Creation (Hubble):

These towering tendrils of cosmic dust and gas is located 7,000 light-years from Earth. The blue colors in the image represent oxygen, red is sulfur, and green represents both nitrogen and hydrogen.

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IC1396 an amazing 20 light-years long pillar 👇🏽

🔭 backyard astrophoto 🔭

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Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula. Also known as M42, the nebula's glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1,500 light-years away [read more: https://t.co/F9ZgajCSOy]

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Galactic Center in Stars, Gas, Magnetism & Central massive Black Hole in a space 1000 light-years across (Nasa)🔭⭐️

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A fantastic wide-field view of the Orion Nebula (Messier 42). The nebula is about 1350 light-years from Earth. The image was taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.

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Save us tonight, the last hope for all of us. Light-years gone by, we're still holding on. 🌠

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The Horsehead Nebula 1,500 light-years away in Infrared from Hubble in Orion M42 (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭⭐️🐴⭐️⭐️

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The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, they appear in opposite corners of the this stunning mosaic [read more: https://t.co/hp6a0GlyvV]

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