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Embora não haja nenhuma das estações no espaço, esta vista cósmica invoca pensamentos de uma paisagem gelada do inverno. É, de fato, uma região onde a radiação de estrelas quentes e jovens está energizando o gás mais frio na nuvem que os rodeia. Localizado em nossa galáxia a cerca de 5.500 anos-luz da Terra, é na verdade um "aglomerado de clusters", contendo pelo menos três conjuntos de estrelas jovens, incluindo muitas estrelas quentes, maciças e luminosas. Há bolhas, ou cavidades, que foram criadas por radiação e material soprando longe das superfícies de estrelas maciças, além de explosões de supernova.
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Cosmic 'Winter' Wonderland: Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape. It is, in fact, a region where radiation from hot, young stars is energizing the cooler gas in the cloud that surrounds them. Located in our galaxy about 5,500 light years from Earth, it is actually a "cluster of clusters," containing at least three clusters of young stars, including many hot, massive, luminous stars. There are bubbles, or cavities, that have been created by radiation and material blowing away from the surfaces of massive stars, plus supernova explosions. Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L. Townsley et al; Optical: UKIRT; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech @nasachandraxray #nasa #chandra #space #science #nasabeyond #stars #astronomy #science #universe #merrychristmas #christmas

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What's a better gift than viewing the Earth from space? Astronaut Peggy Whitson in the festive spirit aboard the International Space Station. She floats in the cupola wearing her festive socks and Santa hat. The cupola is a panoramic control tower for the station, a dome-shaped module with windows through which operations on the outside of the station can be observed and guided. Happy holidays! Credit: NASA #space #nasa #iss #spacestation #earth #christmas #christmaseve #happyholidays

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Western Europe at Night: A nighttime view of Western Europe is captured by crew members aboard the International Space Station. England is visible in the top right of the frame, Paris appearing as the bright city near the middle of the image and views of Belgium and the Netherlands occupying the middle-right of frame. This image was posted by astronaut Thomas Pesquet (@thom_astro) of the European Space Agency (@europeanspaceagency), who wrote, 'A strange feeling. Looking at Earth and thinking what friends and family are doing.' Image Credit: NASA/ESA #nasa #space #spacestation #iss #england #esa #europe #netherlands

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Take Flight with the Toucan and the Cluster: It may be famous for hosting spectacular sights, but the southern constellation of Tucana (The Toucan) also possesses a variety of unsung cosmic beauties, such as this open star cluster located within the Small Magellanic Cloud just under 200,000 light-years away. Open clusters such as this are collections of stars weakly bound by the shackles of gravity, all of which formed from the same massive molecular cloud of gas and dust. Because of this, all the stars have the same age and composition, but vary in their mass because they formed at different positions within the cloud. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA #nasa hst #hubble #nasabeyond #astronomy #galaxy #science

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