The US space agency NASA's telescopes, explorers and observatories are known for capturing stunning images of space. Here are some of them.
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This image features a stunning view of a turbulent stellar nursery. Captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, this image shows the giant nebula NGC 2014 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured this amazing image of a stellar nursery in the Carina Nebula. It shows cosmic cliffs formed by gas and dust.
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This spectacular image is the sharpest view of the Orion Nebula. Captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, this image shows colourful plumes of gases and dust glowing in space.
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This sparkly image is of a 100-million-year-old globular cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud where billions of stars are formed. It is approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Dorado.
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This astounding Hubble image is of the Antennae galaxies, a pair of galaxies colliding and merging. As the two galaxies smash together, billions of stars are born.
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This spectacular image of the Andromeda galaxy was captured by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). It is also known as Messier 31.
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Here's another splendid image of the Andromeda Galaxy captured by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). It is approximately 2.5 million light-years away from Earth and is Milky Way's largest galactic neighbour.
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This surreal image is of the blue wispy and starry remnants of a supernova in the constellation Cygnus. It was captured by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX).
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Captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, this image of the Lagoon Nebula shows a turbulent star-forming region spanning across four light-years. This nebula is situated about 4000 light-years away from Earth.
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This beautiful sparkling image is of a massive cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The stellar nursery shown here is called NGC 346.