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NGC 3582 - Read more below 📖👇 This nebula is located approximately 7,500 light-years away from us and forms part of a much larger star-forming region known as the Carina OB1 Association. With the dimensions comparable to other large nebulae, NGC 3582 is a place where new stars are born. It's known for its bizarre structures known as cometary globules, which are dense clouds of gas and dust shaped by intense radiation from nearby young stars. These globules are considered star-forming regions t

🐱 Cat’s Eye Nebula! This extraordinary cosmic object is called a planetary nebula, which form when a Sun-like star ejects its outer gaseous layers, creating a bright nebula with amazing shapes. Observations of the Cat’s Eye Nebula suggest that it was created by a star that cast off its mass in a series of pulses at 1,500-year intervals. Each resulting dust shell contains as much mass as all of the planets in our solar system combined…which is still only one percent of our Sun's mass! This nebul

Visible light ➡️ infrared! These two Hubble views of the Lagoon Nebula highlight different aspects of this spectacular cosmic object. In visible light, we see mountains of gas and dust surrounding a very hot newborn star. But the near-infrared light reveals an abundance of stars. Most of them are distant, background stars located behind the nebula itself. However, some of these pinpricks of light are young stars within the Lagoon Nebula. Visualization credits: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) Mus

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Soar into the Eagle Nebula 🦅 This part of the nebula is called the Pillars of Creation. Giant columns of cold gas are bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light from a cluster of young, massive stars. The Pillars of Creation are about 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Serpens. Music credit: “Full Circle,” David Bramfitt [ASCAP], Open Note [ASCAP], Universal Production Music Video credits: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI); Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA),

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