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Hubble's Panoramic Portrait of a Vast Star-Forming Region

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a panoramic portrait of a vast, sculpted landscape of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born.
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MISR Spots Volcano Etna In Action

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These Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) images capture the July 22, 2001 explosion of the Mt. Etna volcano.

Hubble Spots Puzzling Planet-Size Objects

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Piercing the heart of a glittering swarm of stars, NASA's sharp-eyed Hubble Space Telescope unveils the central region of the globular cluster M22, a 12- to 14-billion-year-old grouping of stars in the constellation Sagittarius. The telescope's view of the cluster's core measures 3.3 light-years across.

Mars 2003 Rover

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This artist's rendering shows a view of NASA's Mars 2003 Rover as it sets off to roam the surface of the red planet.

A Change Of Seasons On Saturn

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Looming like a giant flying saucer in our outer solar system, Saturn puts on a show as the planet and its magnificent ring system nod majestically over the course of its 29-year journey around the Sun.

Hubble Unveils a Galaxy in Living Color

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In this view of the center of the magnificent barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512, NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s broad spectral vision reveals the galaxy at all wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared.

Antimatter Propulsion

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This is an artist's impression of a future rocket run by antimatter propulsion.

Dust Clouds Over Eastern China

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The desert takes to the skies in these images of eastern China from NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR).

Hubble Watches Planetary Nurseries Being Torched by Radiation from Hot Star

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Planet formation is a hazardous process. These four snapshots, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, show dust disks around embryonic stars in the Orion Nebula being "blowtorched" by a blistering flood of ultraviolet radiation from the region's brightest star.

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