The Iris Nebula
The Iris is a reflection nebula, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by a central star. It’s six light-years
The Iris is a reflection nebula, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by a central star. It’s six light-years
A collection of 100,000 stars, packed together 100 times more densely than the stars in our Sun’s stellar neighbourhood. Askar
The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as M101, is a spiral galaxy that we’re seeing face-on. It’s 21 million light-years from
A pair of galaxies almost 12 million light-years from Earth. Bode (right) is a spiral, and its gravity is causing
An emission nebula around 3000 light-years from Earth, NGC 7822 is the birthplace of new stars. Their strong stellar winds
The Orion Nebula, also known as M42, is a a star factory. Located 1400 light-years from Earth, it’s the closest
A star-forming nebula spanning 100 light-years. The star cluster within the nebula is officially known as IC 1848. Askar 130PHQ: January
The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) is a collection of glowing hydrogen gas clouds, 200-light years across and 7500 light-years from
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A neighbouring galaxy to our own Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light-years from Earth and contains in