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Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a gigantic tower of gas and dust
NASA and ESA have shared a new image of the Eagle Nebula, a nursery for young stars, to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's anniversary.
The tower in the image is 9.5 light years tall, according to NASA and ESA, and only a portion of the larger Eagle Nebula, which is considered a "nursery" for young stars. The tower's unique mix of oranges and dark blues is thanks to a combination of swirling hydrogen gas and space dust. The nebula's "Eagle" name comes from how it looks when you pan across it, where edge clouds like the one in the image look like the wings of a giant bird of prey.
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