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NASA celebrates America's 250th birthday with incredible views of space

The release also includes three sonifications that turn astronomical data into sound and highlight objects ranging from a stellar nursery to a dark matter-rich galaxy cluster.

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NASA is marking the United States' 250th birthday with four striking red, white, and blue images of deep space from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The collection features an exploded star, a stellar nursery, a galaxy where stars are rapidly forming, and a galaxy cluster that provides evidence for dark matter.

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This week, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has dressed up in the colors of the American flag to commemorate the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. The celebration, which runs from July 1st to 4th, includes two new images of red, white and blue hues and an expansion of the popular “What Hubble Saw on Your Birthday” tool, which now offers up to five different views for each day of the year, as part of a campaign that started on July 1st.

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Science Daily broke the news in United States on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
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