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an image of two stars in the sky with one star being surrounded by other stars

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Orion Nebula

an image of a very colorful space with stars and planets in the background, as seen from earth's orbit

Carina nebula. A portion of the Keyhole (the dark mass on the bottom), and on the top left, one of many dense molecular clouds of gas and dust being simultaneously compressed by the hot gases surrounding them, and ionized by the intense ultraviolet radiation from nearby stars. Within a few million years, most of the gases in the molecular cloud will be scattered and mixed with its surroundings. But stars now forming in its interior will gleam brightly, once their dusty shroud is removed.

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Merope Nebula (NGC 1435)

an image of the moon taken from space with light streaks on it's side

Lunar Prospector Launch

Lunar Prospector by NASA on The Commons, via Flickr

an image of some very colorful stars in the sky

Stunning.

the sky is filled with blue and green stars

Blue Phantom Nebula

a bright green light shines in the dark night sky with stars all around it

Comet Hyakutake

two planets in the sky with clouds and stars around them, as well as an orange sun

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Nebula

an image of a colorful object in the sky with stars and space around it,

Astronomical Photographs

Boomerang Nebula, 5,000 light years away. This is an exploded star that is evolving toward a planetary nebula. The colors, regrettably, are false. They represent a mapping of the various orientations of polarized light from the gas cloud. In actuality the cloud is seen from light reflected off it from the central star. In unpolarized images it appears white.