The universe is home to innumerable galaxies, stars and nebulae that offer a visual spectacle. Here is a look at ten mind-blowing images of the universe that will leave you stunned.
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This stunning image features young stars spiralling into the center of a massive stellar nursery in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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NASA's MESSENGER Spacecraft took this close up image of Mercury’s Caloris basin featuring small and large craters on the planet's surface.
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This spectacular image shows the Wolf Rayet nebula which is located 30,000 light-years away. It features a giant bubble surrounding bright stars.
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This mesmerising image shows high-energy solar emissions and X-rays swirling off the sun.
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This breathtaking image shows the Galaxy ESO 137-001 hurtling through space at 1.5 million miles per hour, leaving two tails of superheated gas behind it.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured this striking sight of the Stephan’s Quintet which features a grouping of five galaxies.
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This gorgeous image shows the Cosmic Reef, a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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This enchanting image features cosmic ribbons of gas resulting from a stellar explosion called a supernova.
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This surreal image shows the star-forming region Orion Nebula, located about 13,000 light-years from Earth.
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Here's a striking infrared view of the Tarantula Nebula. The image shows a cluster of more than 800,000 stars and protostars embedded inside the nebula.