A galactic power couple! These two galaxies are NGC 4302 (the one seen edge-on) and NGC 4298 (tilted). Both are approximately 55 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices! This pair of galaxies is actually fairly similar in terms of content and structure, even though they look different – that’s just because they’re angled at different positions in the sky. Image credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Mutchler (STScI) Music credit: “Flying in Space-Instrumental” by Samuel Sim [PRS] via Atm

Welcome to the beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 2336, as seen by Hubble! Stretching across 200,000 light-years, this galaxy is tucked away in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis. NGC 2336 has spiral arms glittering with bright, blue, and young stars. The reddish center of the galaxy shows an area dominated by older stars. NGC 2336 resides about 100 million light-years away from Earth. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, V. Antoniou; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt Music credit: "Simple Pleasures"

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

The nebula NGC 5189 is beautiful – but what exactly is it? This is a planetary nebula, which doesn’t actually have anything to do with planets. Astronomers saw this type of nebula in earlier telescopes and found many indistinct, cloudy forms. They called such objects “nebulae” – Latin for clouds. Some of the fuzzy objects resembled planets, and these earned the name planetary nebulae. Planetary nebulae like the one in this Reel represent the final stage in a medium-sized star’s life. While consu