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January’s Stellar Space Pictures

JAN 31, 2019
We look back in space-time this month to herald a new year.
January's Stellar Space Pictures lead image

A stunning image of the Milky Way bulge, studded with glittering stars of all different sizes.

NASA/ESA/T. Brown (STScI)

(Inside Science) -- To ring in the new year, we’ve collected pictures that look into stellar history. In some, artists help capture our imaginations through illustrations. In others, spacecraft have snapped pictures of distant worlds. From a fleetingly beautiful dying star, to an ancient quasar from the early universe, these pictures capture the beauty that surrounds us throughout space-time.

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