NASA celebrates America's 250th birthday with red, white and blue snaps of the cosmos — Space photo of the week

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory celebrated America's two hundred fiftieth birthday with a cosmic photo gallery in red, white, and blue. According to Live Science, the space telescope captured spectacular examples of each color scattered across the universe — a natural fireworks display that didn't require any planning, just perfect timing.

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