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Cosmic Reef

Hubble Reveals a Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth This Hubble image shows how young, energetic, massive stars illuminate and sculpt their birthplace with powerful winds and searing ultraviolet radiation. In this Hubble portrait, the giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue...

Cosmic Reef Visualization

Flyby Offers Journey into a Majestic Star-Forming Region This science visualization presents the dramatic landscape of two nebulas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The video takes viewers on a close-up tour of the nebulas' three-dimensional structures, as deduced by scientists and...

Cosmic Reef Zoom Video

Zoom into Starbirth Region in Neighboring Galaxy This video begins by zooming into the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, located 163,000 light-years away. The small galaxy is ablaze with new star formation. The camera zooms up on one such region,...

Cosmic Reef Pan Video

Pan Across a Massive Star-Forming Region This video pans across a diverse landscape of colorful, iridescent gases, streamers of dust, and a plethora of brilliant newborn stars in the nebula NGC 2014, located 163,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite...