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Robert Lea

Hubble telescope reels in gorgeous, star-spawning cosmic jellyfish (photo)

This Hubble Space Telescope photo highlights the jellyfish galaxy JO206 which features a colorful star-forming disk surrounded by a luminous cloud of dust.  (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik and the GASP team)

The Hubble Space Telescope has reeled in a titanic cosmic jellyfish. 

The celestial sea creature is actually the jellyfish galaxy JO206, which is located around 700 million light-years from Earth, fittingly in the constellation of Aquarius, the water bearer.

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