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March’s Stellar Space Photos

MAR 30, 2018
Peer into the distant past this month with images of Scholz’s star, the Crab Nebula and more.
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In this illustration, the artist imagines an ancient man gazing upon Scholz’s star as it visited our solar system 70,000 years ago.

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(Inside Science) -- This month, we look at range of distant objects that have captivated human imagination for thousands of years. From the mysterious NGC 1052-DF2 -- a galaxy lacking dark matter -- to the oft observed Crab Nebula, we find astronomy images that remind us of the strangeness of our wonderful universe.

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