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Sam, the owl, in hues of pink, yellow and blue glares out of the panorama of a billion fireflies in an image from the European Southern Observatory.

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A dark, warped band of dust resembling a shallow ‘S’ curls through the center of galaxy Centaurus A in this image from the European Southern Observatory.

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Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128, is a massive elliptical galaxy. At

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Dust reddens the starlight along the edge of NGC 891 in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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Ripples, dunes and shadows create swirling and looping patterns in this image from the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Scientists use images like this one to not only study wind processes on Mars but

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G.Cassam-Chenaï, J.Hughes et al.; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell; Optical: Middlebury College/F.Winkler, NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO Schmidt & DSS

An expanding translucent bubble is all that remains of a star in this combinded image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other observatories.

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Faraway galaxies glow through a starry mist as it angles across this image of NGC 2366 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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NGC 2366 is a small dwarf

NASA, ESA, F. Paresce (INAF-IASF, Bologna, Italy), R. O’Connell (University of Virginia, Charlottesville), and the Wide Field Camera 3 Science Oversight Committee

Massive stars carve out deep cavities, blowing away gas and dust in the turbulent scene in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this infrared image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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Wisps of warm dust in Barnard 3 wrap around creating an eye or bubble in space in this image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.

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Brilliant blue stars of NGC 6604 are scattered widely in the rich starfields of Serpens, the Serpent in this image from the European Southern Observatory.

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A dusty starfish curls its legs in this image of NGC 2082 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Dive into the rich starfields of the dusty starfish shaped galaxy known as NGC 2082. What shapes or stories do you see? Leave a note in the comments