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The nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 1569 is bursting with new stars.
NGC 1569: A nearby galaxy bursting with star birth
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The Universe does fireworks way better. Meet Eta Carinae.
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The mighty star Eta Carinae (actually a binary star), one of the most massive and luminous stars in the galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of Arizona, Tucson), and J. Morse (BoldlyGo Institute, New York)
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A cosmic blue iris nebula blooms among the brown dust
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The Iris Nebula is a dust cloud about 1,180 light years away, reflecting the light from a nearby blue star. Credit: Adam Block/Steward Observatory/University of Arizona
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A lopsided trail of galactic destruction… and construction
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The dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 4485 has a lot of gas and star formation going on either in it or nearby, due to the influence of another galaxy.
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Westerlund-1: A star cluster full of monsters
Phil Plait
Jun 14, 2019
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Westerlund-1, one of the most massive star clusters in the Milky Way. ALMA observations (red), superposed on a Hubble image, indicate several of the stars are enshrouded in warm dust. Credit: ESO/D. Fenech et al.; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
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The salty ocean of Europa: Table salt found on Jupiter's moon
Phil Plait
Jun 13, 2019
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Abell 30: A star that died, was reborn, then died again
Phil Plait
Jun 10, 2019
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Abell 30 is a planetary nebula where the central star has blasted out a last gasp of energy, also expelling high-velocity gas. See text for details.
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Downtown Sagittarius is a busy place
Phil Plait
May 27, 2019
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A Hubble image of a region of the sky in Sagittarius reveals thousands of stars of all different colors. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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The recurrent exploding nova R Aquarii: Unlucky Stars
Phil Plait
May 24, 2019
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A composite image of R Aquarii in optical light (red) and X-rays (blue); the jets emit X-rays due to the strong magnetic fields present. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. Montez et al.; Optical: Adam Block/Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter/U. Arizona
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NGC 5866, an edge-on galaxy, shows off its spectacular dust lane
Phil Plait
May 17, 2019
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Our vantage angle on NGC 5866 emphasizes its spectacular lane of dust, as seen here in this Hubble image. Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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What is the Milky Way’s most distant globular cluster?
Phil Plait
May 9, 2019
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A Hubble image of PSO J174.0675-10.8774 goes much deeper and has higher resolution than ground-based images, showing more stars. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble and Judy Schmidt
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The Legacy of Hubble: One image, a quarter MILLION galaxies
Phil Plait
May 3, 2019
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Detail of the Hubble Deep Field shown at nearly full resolution.
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Space Jello spotted by Hubble is jiggling around the cosmos
Elizabeth Rayne
May 1, 2019
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NASA image of buckyballs
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Hubble gets crabby for its 29th anniversary
Phil Plait
Apr 19, 2019
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The Southern Crab nebula, a huge structure caused by the winds of a dying star. Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI
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Hubble lights up Saturn’s aurorae
Phil Plait
Apr 12, 2019
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An aurora glows in ultraviolet light in this composite image of Saturn taken by Hubble in 2017 and 2018. Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, J. DePasquale (STScI), L. Lamy (Observatoire de Paris)
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Hubble's view of the globular cluster M2: It's full of (weird) stars
Phil Plait
Apr 9, 2019
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The core of the globular cluster M2 is packed with stars. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Piotto et al.
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