In 2000, Hubble imaged Abell 2218, a massive galaxy cluster 2 billion light-years away in Draco, after its December 1999 servicing mission
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NGC 3132, an expanding gas cloud around a dying star, is known in the southern hemisphere as the "Eight-Burst" or "Southern Ring" Nebula
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IC 418, a glowing planetary nebula about 2,000 light-years away in Lepus, marks the final stage of a Sun-like star's evolution
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This mosaic is one of Hubble's largest images of the Crab Nebula, a six-light-year-wide supernova remnant
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Hubble’s 4x8-foot image of NGC 1300 shows starlight, glowing gas, and dark dust in this typical barred spiral galaxy
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This glittering image shows NGC 6397, a nearby globular cluster 7,800 light-years away, with blue stars nearing the end of their fuel
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This Hubble image captures a light echo, where light from a star’s eruption five years earlier spreads through surrounding dust
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