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Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in this new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The triple-star ...

The galaxy LEDA 1313424 has been nicknamed the Bullseye Galaxy, thanks to the nine rings that circle its bright center.

A new image of deep space reveals a distant globular ... stellar bodies like a swarm of glittering bees swarming around a cosmic beehive. The image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope focuses ...

Not far from the larger galaxy is a smaller one, seen in visible light images using the Hubble Space Telescope. Observations taken using the Keck Cosmic ... is why the rings glitter so brightly.

Astronomy Space photo of the week: Bizarre 1-armed spiral galaxy stuns Hubble scientists Astronomy Space photo of the week: Hubble zooms in on the glittering galaxy next door Astronomy Space photo ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, which recently completed 35 years in the vaccum of space, has sent a mesmerising new image of Messier 77, a spiral galaxy also known as the "Squid Galaxy," glittering ...

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As a relatively nearby site of star formation, the Orion Nebula is a frequent target of astronomers and the Hubble Space Telescope. By studying the way stellar outflows shape the surrounding gas ...

Observatories routinely release "holiday themed" heavenly photos come late December, and this time the Hubble Space Telescope bears good cheer for 2012 in the form of a cosmic Christmas ornament.