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Circinus West: A dark nebula harboring a nest of newly formed stars
A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the ...
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Scientists spot a 'dark nebula' being torn apart by rowdy infant stars — offering clues about our own solar system's past
The National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus ...
This Eerie Crack of Darkness in The Sky Is Hiding a Glittering Secret
The cloud, called a dark nebula, is so dense that the hot, bright, baby stars within are hidden from view – but hints of ...
5 dazzling interstellar images to celebrate Hubble’s 35th birthday
The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...
Hubble returns to image the famously beautiful Eagle Nebula
The gorgeous Eagle Nebula is one of the most iconic objects in the cosmos, known affectionately as the Pillars of Creation.
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Hubble celebrates 35 years with new images from our solar system and beyond
On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the new Hubble Space Telescope ...
From frosty Mars to dark nebula: 4 stunning images released by NASA on 35th anniversary of Hubble Telescope
This week marks 35 years since Hubble first left Earth aboard the space shuttleDiscovery. Instead of receiving birthday ...
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Baby Stars 'Bursting From Their Natural Cocoons' In Amazing Dark Energy Camera Imagery
The US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at NSF’s NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile has captured interstellar cloud Lupus 3. A pair of young stars can bee ...
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A dark, dusty pillar stretches across re-released Hubble image
In lieu of cake and balloons, NASA and ESA are gifting the public reprocessed images like this one, including the Sombrero Galaxy (M104) and NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
I spent a year with the $550 smart telescope that's shaking up the astrophotography world – and this is what it’s capable of
The ZWO Seestar S50 is one of a cluster of these automated marvels that have arrived in the past few years. Like the others, ...
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Gorgeous deep space photo captures the Andromeda Galaxy surrounded by glowing gas
Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...