10 Unrealistic Photos of the Universe Around Us
Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland
Located within the Milky Way, about 5,500 light years from Earth, frosty-looking NGC 6357 is actually a cluster of clusters
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Pismis 24-1
80s tableau from the emission nebula NGC 6357, in Scorpius, depicts two different big names from the interstellar whos who list. Pismis-1, the bright star in the cluster above
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Mystic Mountain
Mystic Mountain is actually one region of intense turbulence and high-energy stellar activity within the larger Carina Nebula. Pairs of opposing jets at the ends of these collapsing columns of gas are flung from accretion jets
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Messier 101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy)
Messier 101 is found within Ursa Major, and its riddled with fun stuff. Supergiant star-forming regions litter the arms of this face-on spiral galaxy
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The Eagle Nebula
visible near the heart of the nebula are the Pillars of Creation(Opens in a new window), themselves an iconic and much-photographed place in space.
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The Medusa Nebula
As the Sun-like star at the core of this nebula died, it exploded and left behind these wisps and filaments of gas and dust.
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Stellar nursery in Centaurus
Nebulae shine so brightly because their component matter has been so thoroughly irradiated that its excited to a higher energy level and gives off photons as it calms back down.
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