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What are these things that look like UFO's?

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These "UFO's" are created by the processing of the data and images. They are likely caused by internal reflections of the telescope. They are not real objects, just a projected image from the telescope.
A UFO? Sorry, but no.

What are nebulae?

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There are different kinds of nebulae. It is important to distinguish between nebulae that form stars and nebulae that stars form when they die. For example, the Orion Nebula is a region that is forming new stars, but a planetary nebula is the death of a...

Why is the Universe shaped like a bow tie?

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The image of the universe as a bowtie is misleading. The Milky Way is at the center of this bowtie, and the "missing data" is in line with the plane of our galaxy. We cannot observe these areas because there are too many stars and too much gas and dust...