This composite image, released as part of Hubble's 22nd launch anniversary in 2012, shows the star cluster NGC 2060, located in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula some 170,000 light-years away, in the Large Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. The cluster was created by a supernova that exploded about 10,000 years ago, according to NASA.
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From ground-based telescopes, this cosmic object — the glowing remains of a dying, sun-like star — resembles the head and thorax of an ant. The image, released in 2001, of the so-called ant nebula, otherwise known as Menzel 3, shows far greater detail revealing a pair of fiery lobes protruding from the dying star.
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Artist’s illustration of two merging neutron stars.
The rippling space-time grid represents gravitational waves that travel out from the collision, while the narrow beams show the bursts of gamma rays that are shot out just seconds after the gravitational waves.
NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet
An artist's representation of Planet Nine, looking back towards the Sun
CALTECH/R. HURT (IPAC)
Thomas Pesquet Photography of the Nile River & Delta
Endeavour (left) approaches IDA-2 (right) during docking with the ISS Mission type: ISS crew transport,
Operator: SpaceX
This is an artist's impression of innumerable Earth-like planets that have yet to be born over the next trillion years in the evolving universe.
Credits: NASA, ESA, and G.Bacon (STScl)
