7 extremely rare pictures of galaxies and stars captured by NASA

The stellar grouping, known to stargazers as NGC 2040 or LH 88, is a loose star cluster whose stars have a common origin and are drifting together through space.

30 Doradus: This Hubble Space Telescope image captures two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of mergin.

Star Factory: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured G035.20-0.74, a star-forming nebula in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle, known for producing a particular kind of massive star.

Rings of Relativity: The narrow galaxy is elegantly curving around its spherical companion in this image.

NGC 4214: The dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 4214 resides about 10 million light-years away.

Triangulum Galaxy: It is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum.

M 61: The galaxy’s red glowing patches showcases active star formation, transforming it into a starburst galaxy.