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27 absolutely stunning photos of our universe

, Aug. 18, 2017, 11:32 AM,http://www.thisisinsider.com/breathtaking-stunning-beautiful-photos-universe-space-2017-8

On August 21, you'll be able to stream the "first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years" live on Facebook. If you live in the US, you can also just walk outside and look up — as long as you're wearing a pair of protective glasses, that is.

Solar eclipse aside, there's a special sense of wonder that comes from gazing at the stars and mulling over space's many mysteries. To get a closer look at our universe, INSIDER combed through the archives of two of NASA's Great Observatories: the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

From supermassive black holes to interacting galaxies, here are the 27 most breathtaking photos of space we found:

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. NASA/Getty Images

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The Cat's Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula located 3,000 light-years away from Earth.

The Cat's Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula located 3,000 light-years away from Earth.
The star at the center of this nebula is surrounded by a cloud of extremely hot gas.
NASA/CXC/SAO/STScI

A planetary nebula is an expanding, ring-shaped cloud of gas that forms around an aging star. Several billion years from now, the Sun will experience this phase of stellar evolution.

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