# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CT0VIPBp1_v
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11733241-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-09-14T21:47:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Stars: they're just like us! 
(Composed of hydrogen, helium, and carbon.)

Nebulae are breathtakingly beautiful star-forming clouds of gas and dust. Pictured here (left to right) are four of the most famous known nebulae images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope: the Eagle Nebula (which contains the Pillars of Creation), the Omega Nebula, the Trifid Nebula, and the Lagoon Nebula.

Nebulae exist in interstellar space - the space between the stars. The closest known nebula to Earth contains the remnants of a dying star – possibly like our Sun, called the Helix Nebula. At approximately 700 light-years away, even if you could travel at the speed of light, it would still take you 700 years to get there! 

Credit: NASAJPL

#Space #Astronomy #Nebulae #SpitzerSpaceTelescope

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