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What looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of baby stars, revealed in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

An infantry instructor scans a field for enemies after firing a green star cluster flare during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C. on Oct. 31, 2013

In this photograph, the instruments of the Astro-1 Observatory are erected in the cargo bay of the Columbia orbiter. Astro-1 was launched aboard the the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia (STS-35)

Onboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia (STS-35), the various components of the Astro-1 payload are seen backdropped against a blue and white Earth

1856 Burritt - Huntington Chart of Comets, Star Clusters, Galaxies, and Nebulae
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Resembling an opulent diamond tapestry, this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a glittering star
Resembling an opulent diamond tapestry, this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a glittering star cluster that contains a collection of some of the brightest stars seen in our Milky Way

NASA image release June 6, 2010 Like a July 4 fireworks display a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial burst

This image shows data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, from the IRAC instrument
This image shows data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, from the IRAC instrument, with colors corresponding to wavelengths of 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0 µm (shown as blue, green, orange and red)

This image was compiled using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
This image was compiled using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and the Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) during Spitzer's cold mission

This composite image shows one of the clusters, NGC 2024, which is found in the center of the so-called Flame Nebula about 1, 400 light years from Earth

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the dense galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414 in the northern
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the dense galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414 in the northern constellation Corona Borealis

Of all the varieties of exploding stars, the ones called Type Ia are perhaps the most intriguing. Their predictable brightness lets astronomers measure the expansion of the universe

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured for the first time snapshots of fledging white dwarf
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured for the first time snapshots of fledging white dwarf stars beginning their slow-paced

This image of the Beehive star cluster points out the location of its first known planets, Pr0201b and Pr0211b, or, as astronomers call them, the first b's in the Beehive

This is an artist's impression of a white dwarf (burned-out) star accreting rocky debris left behind by
This is an artist's impression of a white dwarf (burned-out) star accreting rocky debris left behind by the star's surviving planetary system. It was observed by Hubble in the Hyades star cluster

This composite image of the star cluster NGC 28 contains X-ray data from Chandra, in purple, with infrared observations from Spitzer, in red, green, blue

The Milky Way and other galaxies in the universe harbor many young star clusters and associations that each contain hundreds to thousands of hot, massive, young stars known as O and B stars

Image release August 16, 2012 Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have caught two clusters
Image release August 16, 2012 Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging

NASA image release October 19, 2010 Though the universe is chock full of spiral-shaped galaxies, no two look exactly the same

Image release June 22, 2010 A spectacular new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image -- one of the largest ever released of a star-forming region -- highlights N11

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer's ultraviolet eyes have captured a globular star cluster, called NGC 362
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer's ultraviolet eyes have captured a globular star cluster, called NGC 362, in our own Milky Way galaxy

At a distance of 6, 000 light years from Earth, the star cluster RCW 38 is a relatively close star-forming region. This area is about 5 light years across, and contains thousands of hot

The Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades star cluster, seem to float on a bed of feathers in a new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

The STS-30 patch depicts the joining of NASA's manned and unmanned space programs
The STS-30 patch depicts the joining of NASA's manned and unmanned space programs. The sun and inner planets of our solar system are shown with the curve connecting Earth

Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) are studying the colors of star clusters to determine the age
Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) are studying the colors of star clusters to determine the age and history of starburst galaxies

In 1986, NASA introduced a Shuttle-borne ultraviolet observatory called Astro. The Astro Observatory was designed to explore the universe by observing

This new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 1569
This new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 1569. This galaxy is a hotbed of vigorous star birth activity which blows huge bubbles that riddle its

This photograph was taken during the integration of the Astro-1 mission payloads at the Kennedy Space Center on March 20, 1990, showing the Broad Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT) at the left

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NASA image release January 13, 2011 b a href= http // These images /a /b by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically different face-on views of the spiral galaxy M51

Released to commemorate the 14th anniversary of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Released to commemorate the 14th anniversary of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the image of a galaxy cataloged as AM 0644-741

S89-20025 (3 March 1989) --- The STS-30 patch depicts the joining of NASA's manned and unmanned space programs
S (3 March 1989) --- The STS-30 patch depicts the joining of NASA's manned and unmanned space programs. The sun and inner planets of our solar system are shown with the curve connecting Earth

1856 Burritt - Huntington Chart of Star Clusters and Double Stars
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The Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades star cluster, seem to float on a bed of feathers in a new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the Milky Way. It is located about 25

This galaxy is currently a hotbed of vigorous star formation. NGC 1569 is a starburst galaxy, meaning that -- as the name suggests -- it is bursting at the seams with stars

This beautiful Hubble image reveals a young super star cluster known as Westerlund 1, only 15, 000 light-years away in our Milky Way neighborhood

February 17, 2012 Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope may have found evidence for a cluster of young
February 17, 2012 Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope may have found evidence for a cluster of young, blue stars encircling HLX-1

NASA image release August 10, 2010 A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image shows a majestic face-on spiral galaxy located deep within the Coma Cluster of galaxies

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