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This Hubble telescope snapshot of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula, reveals that the object has an hourglass shape...
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 3242, a planetary nebula frequently referred to...
This colorful picture is a mosaic of Messier 8, or the Lagoon nebula, taken by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey...
This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope is of the Rosette nebula, a turbulent star-forming region located 5,000...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope surveyed the danger zones around five O-stars in the Rosette nebula. This artist...
The Helix nebula exhibits complex structure on the smallest visible scales. It is composed of gaseous shells and...
These false-color image taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the South Pillar region of the star-forming...
This image composite compares the well-known visible-light picture of the glowing Trifid Nebula (left panel) with...
This composite picture is a seamless blend of ultra-sharp NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images combined with the...
The spider part of The Spider and the Fly nebulae, IC 417 abounds in star formation, as seen in this infrared image...
Cassini briefly turned its gaze from Saturn and its rings and moons to marvel at the Carina Nebula, a brilliant...
NASA image release April 22, 2010 Object Names: Carina Nebula, NGC 3372 Image Type: Astronomical Credit: NASA/N....
The Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 — is a spectacular example of the...
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the Trifid Nebula reveals a stellar nursery being torn apart by a...
Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most...
This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Rosette nebula, a pretty star-forming region more...
The Seagull nebula, seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, draws its common...
This image shows a composite view of the Crab nebula, an iconic supernova remnant in our Milky Way galaxy, as viewed...
This composite image of the star cluster NGC 28 contains X-ray data from Chandra, in purple, with infrared...
Radiation and winds from massive stars have blown a cavity into the surrounding dust and gas, creating the Trifid...
The Flame Nebula sits on the eastern hip of Orion the Hunter, a constellation most easily visible in the northern...
This image from ESA Herschel Space Observatory shows of a portion of the Rosette nebula, a stellar nursery about...
This infrared image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer features one of the bright stars in the...
Nebulae are enormous clouds of dust and gas occupying the space between the stars. Simply called LBN 114.55+00.22,...