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NASA/ESA Monitors "Cosmic Eye" Staring at Earth

NASA/ESA Monitors "Cosmic Eye" Staring at Earth

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 NASA has unveiled a mesmerizing image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, showing a structure dubbed the "Cosmic Eye," officially named NGC 2566. This spiral galaxy appears to gaze intently at Earth from the depths of space, though its striking appearance is purely coincidental.NGC 2566, a spiral galaxy with its plane tilted at an angle to our line of sight, creates an almond-shaped silhouette in photographs, reminiscent of an eye. According to NASA, Hubble’s observations provide an extraordinary view of this galactic structure, allowing astronomers to study its star clusters and star-forming regions.
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