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NASA Honors Prince With Purple Nebula Photo

Even the stars are in mourning.

April 22, 2016

NASA is responsible for one of the most inventive tributes to Prince: yesterday the agency tweeted a photo of the heavens that celebrates the singer's favorite color. The picture depicts the Crab Nebula, and it was cobbled together using images from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Herschel Space Observatory. You can download your own copy free of charge here.

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