An astonishing view of one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space, located 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way

Credit: NASA, ESA and A. Nota (STScI/ESA)

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Andromeda Galaxy

Over 100 million stars are on display in this portion of the Andromeda galaxy, located over 2 million light-years away. This portrait of our galactic neighbor is the largest image yet assembled by Hubble. :)

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On my duty to light-years away

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A fantastic image of the amazing galaxy NGC 6946, also known as the "Fireworks Galaxy." During the last century ten supernova explosions have been observed in this galaxy. The galaxy is 25.2 million light-years away.

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Astronomers just discovered the galaxy of Alcyoneus, which stretches a reported 16.3 million light-years long. According to Science Alert, this is the largest recorded galaxy on record.

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The most romantic galaxies in the universe.✨🌌✨
60 million light-years away from us.
Two large galaxies collided.
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This is the star-forming region S106, 3,300 light-years away, seen in a color-composite I made with images captured by in infrared light on February 13, 2011 for Keith Noll. A newly-ignited star is blasts away parts of the cloud of dust and gas from which it formed.

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A view of NGC 4569, aka Messier 90, an intermediate spiral galaxy 60 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo. This is a color-composite made from images captured with 's WFC3 instrument on December 12, 2019.

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Eta Carina Nebula, Peter Rejto!🤩 8500 Light-Years from Earth and features the Keyhole Nebula!

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The Horsehead Nebula! 1.500 light-years away from Earth☄️🚀🪐👽

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Hubble detects swirling dust in the Flame Nebula, which is a star formation in the constellation Orion, 1,400 light-years from Earth. 🌍🚀

Isn't this image incredible? Can you imagine if our sky was like this? 👀

Image credit: NASA

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The Flame Nebula is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It’s a portion of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, which includes such famous nebulae as the Horsehead Nebula and Orion Nebula.

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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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RE-CONNECT
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