SWORD OF ORION. This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Orion nebula, our closest massive star-making factory, 1,450 light-years from Earth. The nebula is close enough to appear to the naked eye as a fuzzy star in the sword of the constellation. An optimised and enhanced version of an original NASA image / mandatory credit: NASA

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Location: Space / the Universe
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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