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Eta Carinae? Hubble Space Telescope

Caption: A huge, billowing pair of gas and dust clouds are captured in this stunning NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the supermassive star Eta Carinae.

Credit: Jon Morse (University of Colorado), and NASA

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