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These space images taken by NASA’s Spitzer Telescope look like modern art
The Spitzer Telescope was launched by NASA 16 years ago in August 2003. To celebrate its sixteenth birthday, the space agency has shared some beautiful space images captured by the infrared telescope.
Updated: September 2, 2019 18:11 IST
1 / 7The center of the Milky Way galaxy (Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI)
2 / 7The Orion nebula (Image souce: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI)
3 / 7Spiral Galaxy Messier 81: The pink glow of the dust in this image is a result of illumination by forming stars. (Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Willner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics))
4 / 7The Tortured Clouds of Eta Carinae: The glowing bright portion in the centre is the star Eta Carinae, which is one of the most massive stars in our galaxy. It weighs around 100 times the mass of the Sun. (Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
5 / 7The Cartwheel galaxy: The blue, green, and purple ring in the image are caused by the collision of two galaxies. (Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/CXC)
6 / 7The Pleiades start cluster is known as the Seven Sisters. (Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
7 / 7The Helix Nebula is all that remains of a start that used to be like our Sun once. (Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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