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Euclid space telescope sees gorgeous cosmic cloud | Space photo of the day for Nov. 18, 2025

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Euclid space telescope sees gorgeous cosmic cloud | Space photo of the day for Nov. 18, 2025

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The focus of the image is a portion of LDN 1641, an interstellar nebula in the constellation of Orion. In this view, a deep-black background is sprinkled with a multitude of dots (stars) of different sizes and shades of bright white. Across the sea of stars, a web of fuzzy tendrils and ribbons in varying shades of orange and brown rises from the bottom of the image towards the top-right like thin coils of smoke.

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