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Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, in a false-colour composite image synthesized from observations gathered in different spectral regions by three space-based observatories. Red areas, representing infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, highlight warm dust in the remnant's outer shell. Yellow areas, representing visible-light data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope, show delicate filamentary structures made of warmer gases. Green and blue areas are X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and reveal hot gas that was created when ejected material from the supernova collided at very high velocity with the surrounding gas and dust.

Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1

W5 Star Formation Region

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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).

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The orbits of the planets and other elements of the solar system, including asteroids, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, comet

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