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The Final Frontier
Space-scapes from the files of NASA illustrate the universal beauty of celestial bodies.
Celestial Meeting
Interacting Spiral Galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163
Destination Moon
NASA hopes to build a permanent base on one of the moon's poles. It is believed that the extra sunlight, which reaches those areas, could help power the station.
Stellar Swarm
M80 is one of the densest of the 147 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. Located about 28,000 light-years from Earth, M80 contains hundreds of thousands of stars.
The Dark Side of Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft captures the night side of Saturn's B and C rings, which shine in diffuse, scattered light.
The Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus, is located about 6,300 light-years from Earth.
Discovery
Cassini photographs Saturn on the opposite side of the sun, revealing previously unknown rings.
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