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Spiral Star

Posted by Universe Explorer | Nov 8th, 2011
This weird glowing spiral is located four hundred light years away from Earth, in the constellation Lupus. You may think it’s a spiral galaxy, like our Milky Way. It’s not. It’s the strangest star ever found, a new...
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Haunting Images Of T...

Posted by Universe Explorer | Sep 1st, 2011
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Between The Stars &#...

Posted by Universe Explorer | Aug 11th, 2011
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Orion Nebula

Posted by Universe Explorer | Jun 16th, 2011
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Garren Nebula

Posted by Universe Explorer | Jun 15th, 2011
Sharpest view of NGC 604 so far obtained. Share this:FacebookStumbleUponRedditDiggEmailPrint
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Eagle Nebula

Posted by Universe Explorer | Jun 14th, 2011
An infrared view of M16 and its famous ‘Pillars of Creation’. The pillars or columns are numbered 1 to 3 from left to right (east to west). The pillars themselves are less prominent than on the Hubble visible-light image of this region...
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Andromeda Galaxy

Posted by Universe Explorer | Jun 13th, 2011
The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is captured in full in this new image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The mosaic covers an area equivalent to more than 100 full moons, or five degrees...
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Comet Halley

Posted by Universe Explorer | Jun 9th, 2011
Taken from Kuiper Airborne Observatory, C141 aircraft April 8/9, 1986, New Zealand Expedition, Halley’s Comet crossing Milky Way. Disconnection of ion tail. Photo taken with equipment designed, mounted on the headring and operated by...
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Solar Flare

Posted by Universe Explorer | Jun 7th, 2011
This 2006 Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) image shows a flare on the Sun. An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellites,...
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Flame Nebula

Posted by Universe Explorer | Jun 6th, 2011
Sparkling at the edge of a giant cloud of gas and dust, the Flame Nebula, also referred to as NGC 2024, is in fact the hideout of a cluster of young, blue, massive stars, whose light sets the gas ablaze. Located 1300 light-years away towards...
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