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Star-Forming Region S106
The bipolar S106 shows bright gas in two distinct lobes. The faint stars located near the nebulosity are brown dwarf candidates associated with the region of star formation.
Credit: NASA
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sagan-naut:

Neil Armstrong, at Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston TX
(Image Credit: NASA) 
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theblindhouse:

NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula 
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mothernaturenetwork:

NASA rover snaps first color photo of MarsThe photo shows the north wall and rim of Gale Crater, the rover’s landing site.
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leviathan8:

Young stars sculpt gas with powerful outflows

This Hubble Space Telescope view shows one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space, located 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. At the centre of the region is a brilliant star cluster called NGC 346. A dramatic structure of arched, ragged filaments with a distinct ridge surrounds the cluster.



A torrent of radiation from the hot stars in the cluster NGC 346, at the centre of this Hubble image, eats into denser areas around it, creating a fantasy sculpture of dust and gas. The dark, intricately beaded edge of the ridge, seen in silhouette, is particularly dramatic. It contains several small dust globules that point back towards the central cluster, like windsocks caught in a gale.

Credit: NASA, ESA and A. Nota (ESA/STScI, STScI/AURA)
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fyeahuniverse:

Sun lighting up Titan’s atmosphere from behind, by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft
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