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🏊♂️ Down for a dip in the Cosmic Reef?
Nicknamed the Cosmic Reef because it resembles an undersea world, this is a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Released in April 2020 to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30th anniversary, the reef showcases the beauty and mystery of space in this complex image of starbirth. Throughout its decades of discoveries, Hubble has yielded over 1.5 million observations, providing data that astronomers around the world have used to write more than 18,000 peer-reviewed scientific publications, making it the most prolific space observatory in history.
Learn more about Hubble’s celebration of Nebula November and see new nebula images, here.
You can also keep up with Hubble on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Flickr!
Image credits: NASA, ESA, and STScI