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Star factories in the distant Universe (artist’s impression)
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

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Cosmic dust clouds in Messier 78
Credit: ESO/APEX (MPIfR/ESO/OSO)/T. Stanke et al./Igor Chekalin/Digitized Sky Survey 2

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N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (Central Region)
Credit: ESO

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Laser Beam Creating an “Artificial” Star
Credit: ESO/Y. Beletsky

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IC1318 - Butterfly Nebula (Gamma Cygni Nebula) (by Captain Tweaky)