To mark the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, NASA today released images of a seemingly heavenly tribute to the television series that first aired on September 8, 1966. The infrared images of a pair of nebulae returned by the space agency's Spitzer Space Telescope bear a resemblance to two versions of the starship USS Enterprise, which featured prominently in the show.
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