Space

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Red square-It was created by a dying star spewing its innards from opposite poles into space

Dark matter-This ghostly ring is strong evidence for the existence of dark matter. Although astronomers cannot see dark matter, they can infer its existence by mapping the distorted shapes of the background galaxies.

White dwarf-This star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, forming a cocoon around the star's remaining core

Light echo-Light from an erupted star continues outward through a cloud of dust surrounding the star

Antimatter- Annihilating material is generated when stars get ripped apart by black holes or neutron stars, , thousands of stars swirl around the super massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

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A nebula is simply a large cloud of interstellar gas, dust and plasma. Often seen in the dark night sky as beautiful bright bursts or color, nebulae are created by both the formation and destruction of stars.

Carina nebula- 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a maelstrom of a star's birth and death is taking place.

Orion nebula- a cavern of roiling dust and gas where more than 3,000 stars are forming.

Swan nebula- a bubbly ocean of glowing hydrogen gas and small amounts of other elements such as oxygen and sulfur within the Omega or Swan Nebula.

Boomerang nebula- which is a reflecting cloud of dust and gas with two nearly symmetric lobes of matter that are being ejected from a central star.

Helix nebula- a cosmic starlet notable for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye.

Eskimo nebula- glowing remains of a dying, sun-like star, it resembles a face surrounded by a fur parka.

Eagle nebula- a tall, dense tower of gas.

Crab nebula- A six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion

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Saturn's moon - revealed its sponge-textured surface. This image was colored to bring out the surface's details. Hyperion has a notably reddish tint when viewed in natural color.

Mercury-images of the planet closest to the sun.

Pluto-the presence of two new moons around planet Pluto. Pluto is in the center and Charon is just below it. The moons are named, from far right, Hydra and Nix, respectively.

Galaxy

Whirlpool galaxy- resemble spiral of sink water go down drainage.

Sombrero galaxy-a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy.

A so-called "Death star galaxy" blasts a nearby galaxy with a jet of energy.

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Jupiter-the five spots scattered across the upper half of the planet are actually a rare alignment of some of Jupiter's moons and the shadows they are casting.

North pole of Jupiter's fourth largest moon, Io, spews a giant plume of dust 200 miles into space.

Puzzling haze that brightened and dimmed over Venus' southern latitudes in 2007. The haze moved toward the equator and then back to the south pole.