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Hubble Sees Pinwheel of Star Birth
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NASA image release October 19, 2010 Though the universe is chock full of spiral-shaped galaxies, no two look exactly the same. This face-on spiral galaxy, called NGC 3982, is striking for its rich tapestry of star birth, along with its winding arms. The arms are lined with pink star-forming regions of glowing hydrogen, newborn blue star clusters, and obscuring dust lanes that provide the raw material for future generations of stars.
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Credit lineHubble Sees Pinwheel of Star Birth. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001979.
