<p>The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope recently took this astonishing infrared image of the Orion Nebula, seen here in false color. It's the deepest view yet of the stellar nursery.</p>
Brilliant Birthplace
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope recently took this astonishing infrared image of the Orion Nebula, seen here in false color. It's the deepest view yet of the stellar nursery.
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Gaze Into the Deepest Ever View of the Orion Nebula
Also this week, Juno sends back its first picture of Jupiter from orbit, and a "Frankenstein" galaxy shocks astronomers.
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This week, one of Saturn's moons pulls off an optical illusion, a brilliant galaxy creates new stars at an extraordinary rate, and a satellite spies rippling cloud banks hovering off the coast of Namibia.
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