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Orion's Dreamy Stars - NASA Spitzer Space Telescope

A colony of hot, young stars is stirring up the cosmic scene in this new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

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Witch's Broom Nebula

The Witch's Broom Nebula is also part of the famous Veil Nebula complex, this being the western portion. The entire complex is the remnant of a powerful supernova explosion which occurred thousands of years ago, sending elements forged in the destroyed stars core into space. The bright star is 52 Cygni. Takahashi Sky 90 at f/4.5 SBIG STL-4020M (remote guide head) Takahashi EM-200 SII/Ha/OIII: 3 hours each channel (20 minute subexposures) Processed with Maxim/DL, CCDStack, and Photoshop CS4…

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10 Space Facts That Will Blow Your Mind!

Triffid Nebula.

What's a black hole?

Black holes are some of the most interesting and puzzling phenomena we have encountered so far; everybody has heard of them, from movies or books or

Billions and Billions

M16 (Eagle Nebula/Adler Nebel) Northern Part in Serpens Credit: Capella Observatory

Square Flannel

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Galaxy Hercules A in the constellation Hercules emits plasma jets nearly one million lightyears long Image credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

Amazing Pictures from amazing places, trips, travel, cruises, resorts, beaches, ocean islands, national parks, weekends, holidays trips, summer vacations, winter ski resorts, alpine skiing, snowboarding, hotels, apartments, villas, houses, cottages, buildings in Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, country capitals, cities, villages and regions .all around the World – Amazing Pictures

Orange Smoke Rising Nebula

How Far Are You Along The Cosmic Journey?

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North America Nebula in Cygnus the swan

Here is a selection of new images just taken of deep-sky objects now in the autumn sky. What a wonderful 2 weeks it has been for stargazing, with clear dark skies on many nights in mid-September 2009 with the Moon out of the way. This is one of several images I've taken recently, of "deep-sky" objects currently in our late summer and early autumn sky. Seeing and photographing objects like these is why stargazers "get out of town" away from city lights. This glowing gas cloud, coincidentally…

It's a Man's World

astronomicalwonders: “ The Lagoon Nebula - M8 in Infrared The Lagoon Nebula (also known as Messier 8/M8 or NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud and emission nebula located in the constellation...