A Rocky Planet Discovered Within The Habitable Area Of The Star Nearest To Our Sun May Be Covered With

This shot from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, named the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

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This illustration shows an alien planet named OGLE-2007-BLG-349 orbiting a pair of red dwarf stars. It was originally thought that the exoplanet may only have one sun according to astronomers. However, the Hubble Space Telescope has found a second star.

Hubble’s first picture of the entire Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) found in the Cassiopeia constellation.

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Here is a picture of the sun without any glare.

Still a very powerful star!

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Here is a coloured snapshot of Saturn's North Pole from the Cassini spacecraft.

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Wonderful shot of the Milky Way taken in Canada!

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Barnard 150 (B150) dark nebula, also known as the Sea Horse Nebula, is a type of interstellar cloud that is extremely dense that it blocks the light from the background emission or reflection nebula making it block out background stars. The absence of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains located in the coldest, densest parts of larger molecular clouds.

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Great snap of Phobos (the largest of the two natural satellites of Mars) hovering over the planet itself.

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The Sombrero Galaxy is one of the most unusual looking barred spiral galaxies visible from Earth. Its bright nucleus, large central bulge and spiral arms threaded through with a thick dust lane make it look a little like a hat from Mexico. The dust lane is a ring that circles the bulge of the galaxy, and it is rich with gas, dust, and hydrogen gas. Source: Space-Facts.

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Great picture of the moon between the clouds.

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