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A Wispy “OK”
06 April 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS/B. Whitney (SSI/University of Wisconsin)
A wispy nebula forms an “OK” sign in this image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
Bird in the hair
28 February 2011
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Credit: ESO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Kraus
A winged bird alights in the hair of a face in this nebula captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
A giant maw
24 February 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Rebull (SSC/Caltech)
A giant maw full of stars opens up in this image of the North American Nebula from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
Orion Thunderbird
08 April 2010
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/J. Stauffer (SSC/Caltech)
A thunderbird lurks in the dreamy clouds of the Great Nebula in Orion. Also a colony of hot, young stars shines their way through the enveloping folds of dust and gas.
Flying Dust
30 March 2010
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NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
Dust from the remains of a collapsed star flies past a nearby family of stars in this image from NASA’s Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes.
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