Cosmic portraits of awe and wonderment to make you feel either existentially insignificant or sublimely at one with the universe. Or you'll just go, “Whoa.”
This composite image of the Milky Way galaxy is a mosaic of infrared images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus are both visible in this 1,000-square degree image, as are dozens of dense clouds, called nebulae, where new stars are forming.
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Detail from number one.
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Detail from number one.
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Detail from number one.
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