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A Nursery for Hollows?
This dramatic image shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s view of dwarf galaxy known as NGC 1140, which lies...
Four Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors or EXIS instruments that will fly aboard four of NOAA's...
Hidden behind a shroud of dust in the constellation Cygnus is a stellar nursery called DR21, which is giving birth...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope image of a glowing stellar nursery provides a spectacular contrast to the opaque cloud...
W3 is an enormous stellar nursery about 6,200 light-years away in the Perseus Arm, one of the Milky Way galaxy main...
This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows what lies near the sword of the constellation Orion -- an active...
Dense filaments of gas in the IC5146 interstellar cloud can be seen clearly in this image taken in infrared light by...
This image from ESA Herschel Space Observatory shows of a portion of the Rosette nebula, a stellar nursery about...
This dramatic image shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s view of dwarf galaxy known as NGC 1140, which lies...
The Hubble Space Telescope has trained its eyes on the Trifid Nebula, a dazzling star nursery 9,000 light-years from...
NASA Hubble Space Telescope captures the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that...
James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) has both a camera and a spectrograph that sees light in...
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the Trifid Nebula reveals a stellar nursery being torn apart by a...
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the most violent stars in our galaxy, veiled in cosmic dust. For the...
An age-defying star designated as IRAS 19312+1950 exhibits features characteristic of a very young star and a very...
An age-defying star called IRAS 19312+1950 exhibits features characteristic of a very young star and a very old...
A cluster of newborn stars herald their birth in this interstellar Valentine Day commemorative picture obtained with...
Hidden behind a shroud of dust in the constellation Cygnus is a stellar nursery called DR21, which is giving birth...
This shot from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the...
One of the most prolific birthing grounds in our Milky Way galaxy, a nebula called RCW 49, is exposed in superb...
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 2841, located about 46 million...
NASA image release April 22, 2010 This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope near-infrared-light image of a...
Hidden behind a shroud of dust in the constellation Cygnus is a stellar nursery called DR21, which is giving birth...