Picture Album: Nebulae

The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme Hubble's Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula Iridescent Glory of Nearby Helix Nebula Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A - December 2004 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A - March 2004 Jet in Carina: WFC3 UVIS Full Field Wide View of 'Mystic Mountain' Infant Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud Hubble Servicing Mission 4 Early Release Observations The Helix Nebula: a Gaseous Envelope Expelled By a Dying Star Spitzer and Hubble Create Colorful Masterpiece The Eagle Has Risen: Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula Hubble Image of NGC 3324 SN 1006 Supernova Remnant (Hubble) Cosmic Ice Sculptures: Dust Pillars in the Carina Nebula A Cosmic Necklace Larger than a Solar System The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) The Omega Nebula (Swan Nebula/M17) The Great Orion Nebula Comet-like Filaments Along the Inner Rim of the Helix Nebula's Gas Ring... Abstract Art Found in the Orion Nebula Pismis 24 and NGC 6357 Full Hubble ACS Image of NGC 3603 A Giant Hubble Mosaic of the Crab Nebula Helix Nebula As Seen By Hubble and the Cerro Toledo Inter-American Observatory... Butterfly Emerges from Stellar Demise in Planetary Nebula NGC 6302 Star Cluster Bursts into Life in New Hubble Image Star-Forming Region LH 95 in the Large Magellanic Cloud Star-Forming Region S106 Cone Nebula (NGC 2264): Star-Forming Pillar of Gas and Dust Hubble Observes Infant Stars in Nearby Galaxy Hubble's Black and White View of the Universe Carina Nebula Details: The Caterpillar Carina Nebula Details: Great Clouds Carina Nebula Details: Pillar Dwarf Irregular Galaxy NGC 4214 Imaged by Hubble WFC3 Young Stars Sculpt Gas with Powerful Outflows in the Small Magellanic Cloud... Jet in Carina: WFC3 UVIS/IR Composite Jet in Carina: WFC3 IR Jet in Carina: WFC3 UVIS Failing Stars Sculpting the Landscape Over the Edge Orion in Miniature Pillars of Gas The Orion Nebula's Biggest Stars Light Echoes From Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis – October 2004 Globular Cluster NGC 1846 Supernova Remnant LMC N132D Nearby Dust Clouds in the Milky Way Star-Forming Region in the Carina Nebula: Detail 1 Hubble Captures Spectacular "Landscape" in the Carina Nebula NGC 6302 The Pencil Nebula: Remnants of an Exploded Star (NGC 2736) Supernova Remnant E0102 in the Small Magellanic Cloud Full Image of Trifid Nebula (Messier 20/NGC 6514) Starburst Cluster Shows Celestial Fireworks V838 Monocerotis - September 2006 V838 Monocerotis - November 2005 Infrared View of Pillar and Jets HH 901/902 Visible View of Pillar and Jets HH 901/902 Trifid Nebula (Messier 20/NGC 6514) 30 Doradus in Infrared 30 Doradus in Ultraviolet, Visible, and Red Light Hubble/Subaru Composite Image of Star-Forming Region S106 Orion Nebula: Hubble Space Telescope View Vs. Ground-Based View Crucible of Creation: Panoramic Image of Center of the Orion Nebula Celestial Fireworks: Sheets of Debris From a Stellar Explosion (N 49... NGC 2346 Jet in Carina "Window-Curtain" Structure of the Orion Nebula Planetary Nebulae -- A More Artistic Arrangement Hubble Supernova Bubble Resembles Holiday Ornament Optical/X-ray Composite Image of Supernova Remnant 0509-67.5 The Omega Nebula: Hotbed of Star Formation Gas Plume From a Newborn Star in the Orion Nebula Symbiotic Star in the Southern Crab Nebula (He2-104) Blows Bubbles... Central Star of Nebula NGC 2440: One of Hottest Known Stars The Horsehead Nebula A Planetary Nebula (N66) in the Large Magellanic Cloud Gas Plume Near the Edge of the Orion Nebula Star Cluster R136 Combined X-Ray and Optical Images of the Crab Nebula Supernova Remnant LMC N 63A in X-Ray, Optical and Radio Radiation Hen 1357: A Young Planetary Nebula The Cygnus Loop Supernova Remnant Crab Nebula: a Dead Star Creates Celestial Havoc "Light Echo" Illuminates Dust Around Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis... The Retina Nebula: Dying Star IC 4406 Star Cluster R136 - Wide Field/Planetary Camera Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A (Unannotated) The Stingray Nebula: The Youngest Known Planetary Nebula (Hen-1357) Orion Nebula Vast Star-Forming Region 30 Doradus Supernova 1987A Debris Disk Hubble Captures View of 'Mystic Mountain' A Perfect Storm of Turbulent Gases in the Omega/Swan Nebula (M17) Optical and X-ray Composite Image of SNR 0509-67.5 Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) Close-Up of the Helix Nebula The Heart of the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20/NGC 6514) The Necklace Nebula Planetary Nebula NGC 2371 Gomez's Hamburger: A Sun-Like Star Near the End of Its Life Cassiopeia A: Colorful, Shredded Remains of Old Supernova Galaxy NGC 4214: A Star-Formation Laboratory Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova Light Echoes From Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis – September 2002... Light Echoes From Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis – May 2002 Star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) - October 28, 2002 Light Echo From Star V838 Monocerotis - May 20, 2002 Light Echo From Star V838 Monocerotis - October 28, 2002 Light Echo From Star V838 Monocerotis - September 2, 2002 Star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon)- September 2, 2002 Light Echo From Star V838 Monocerotis - April 30, 2002 Light Echo From Star V838 Monocerotis - December 17, 2002 Star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) - December 17, 2002 Star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) - May 20, 2002 Light Echoes From Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis – October 2002 Light Echoes From Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis - December 2002 Close-Up of the Helix Nebula Hubble Snaps a Splendid Planetary Nebula The Boomerang Nebula Eighth Anniversary Image of Hubble's Smash Hits Hubble's Wide View of 'Mystic Mountain' in Infrared Supernova Remnant N 63A R136: A Cluster of Massive Stars in Nebula 30 Doradus The Cygnus Loop Nebula: Shockwave from a Stellar Explosion Cygnus Loop: Blast Wave from a Stellar Time-Bomb The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebula (M16): Pillars of Creation in a Star-Forming... Star WR 136 Tears Apart a Shell of Gas The Trifid Nebula: Stellar Nursery Torn Apart By Radiation From... Pismis 24 - Double Star The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392) Giant "Twisters" and Star Wisps in the Lagoon Nebula Collision of Gases Near a Dying Star in the Helix Nebula Nebula NGC 3603 Shows Life Cycle of Stars N11, the Second-Largest Star Formation Region in the Large Magellanic Cloud... Star Cluster NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud The Dumbbell Nebula (M27) Hubble Infrared Image of Area Surrounding Hanny's Voorwerp Nebula N159 Mosaic of Carina Nebula Region The Great Orion Nebula The Orion Nebula: Stellar Birthplace Thackeray's Globules: Dense, Opaque Dust Clouds in Star-Forming... Hubble's Variable Nebula (NGC 2261) N 180B in the Large Magellanic Cloud Gaseous Streamers from Nebula N44C Flutter in Stellar Breeze HH 901/902 Details An Old Star Gives Up the Ghost The Cat's Eye Nebula: Dying Star Creates Fantasy-like Sculpture... Hubble Snaps Image of Space Oddity Scattered Light from the Boomerang Nebula Butterfly Wing-Shaped Planetary Nebula NGC 2346 Rainbow Image of the Egg Nebula A Dying Star Shrouded by a Blanket of Hailstones Forms the Bug Nebula... Planetary Nebula K 4-55 The Egg Nebula Planetary Nebula MyCn18: An Hourglass Pattern Around a Dying Star Massive Star VY Canis Majoris - Visible Light Firestorm of Star Birth In Galaxy NGC 604 The Ring Nebula (M57) The Egg Nebula (CRL 2688) in Infrared Light The Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star Pismis 24 Star Cluster Edifice of Gas and Dust in the Cone Nebula Dense Gas and Dust Beyond the Outer Layers of the Cone Nebula The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) Eagle Nebula (M16) Pillar Detail: Portion of Base Eagle Nebula (M16) Pillar Detail: Portion of Top NGC 5307 HH 47 The Hodge 301 Cluster: Multiple Generations of Stars in the Tarantula Nebula... Veil Nebula - Segment #3 Veil Nebula - Segment #2 Veil Nebula - Segment #1 Close-Up of the Helix Nebula Massive Stars Sculpt Gas of Nebula N83B (NGC 1748) Peering into the Heart of the Crab Nebula NGC 5315 Eta Carinae: A Star On the Brink of Destruction Hubble Observes the Large Magellanic Cloud's Star-Forming Region, 30 Doradus... He 2-47 Stellar Winds and Radiation From Eruptive Star Eta Carinae Sculpt Gas... Bow Shock Near Young Star LL Ori Close-Up of M27, the Dumbbell Nebula IC 4593 Generations of Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud 'Double Bubble' of Gas and Dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud Southern Crab Nebula (He2-104) Hubble Peers Inside Interstellar Bubble N44F Star-Forming Region in the Carina Nebula: Detail 2 Close-Up of the Helix Nebula Star Cluster R136 in Nebula 30 Doradus The Ant Nebula (Menzel 3): Fiery Lobes Protrude From Dying, Sun-like Star... HH 34 Fireworks of Star Formation Light Up Galaxy NGC 4214 Herbig Haro 32: Jets of Material Ejected From a Young Star Close-up of Three Protoplanetary Disks in the Orion Nebula A Glowing Pool of Light: Planetary Nebula NGC 3132 The Cat's Eye Nebula Planetary Nebula NGC 6543: Gaseous Cocoon Around a Dying Star HH 2 Massive Star VY Canis Majoris - Polarized Light Nebula N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud Details of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A The Glowing Eye of Planetary Nebula NGC 6751 Dark Globule and Stellar Jet in the Carina Nebula Star-Birth Clouds in M16: Stellar "Eggs" Emerge from Molecular... Reflection Nebula NGC 1999 Supernova Remnant N 63A Menagerie Planetary Nebula NGC 3918 Planetary Nebula NGC 3918 Giant "Twisters" in the Lagoon Nebula Eye-Shaped Planetary Nebula NGC 6826 Celestial Maternity Ward N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud HH 34 Jet 1994 HH 34 Jet 1998 HH 34 Jet 2007 A Dying Star in Globular Cluster M15 Uncovering the Veil Nebula Mysterious Object He 2-90: Possibly a Duo of Aging Stars The Orion Nebula's Trapezium Cluster Behind the Gas and Dust of Orion's Trapezium Cluster Planetary Nebula NGC 6818 A Giant Star Factory in Neighboring Galaxy NGC 6822 The Ghost Head Nebula (NGC 2080) Details of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A Close-Up Images of the Orion Nebula Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud Nebula M1-67 around Star WR124 Star Cluster R136 in Nebula 30 Doradus Hubble's 15th Anniversary Images of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and... Dying Star HD 44179, the "Red Rectangle," Sculpts Rungs... Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova - Detail - July 5, 2006 Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova - Detail - April 24, 2006 A Protoplanetary Disk Silhouetted Against the Orion Nebula Details of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A Two-Lobed Planetary Nebula Hubble 5 The Center of the Southern Crab Nebula He2-104 Comet-Like Knots Around a Dying Star in the Helix Nebula Planetary Nebula NGC 6210 Spiral-Structured Planetary Nebula NGC 5307 A Protoplanetary Disk in the Orion Nebula Details of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 in Infrared and Visible Light Silkworm Nebula (IRAS 17441-2411) Cotton Candy Nebula (IRAS17150-3224) Planetary Nebula NGC 7009 Stingray Nebula (Hen-1357) The Pistol Star: A Brilliant Star in Milky Way's Core Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 in Infrared Light Planetary Nebula NGC 6210 Detail of the Star Wr124 and the Surrounding Nebula M1-67 Round Planetary Nebula IC 3568 The Spirograph Nebula (IC 418) Papillon Nebula N159-5 Close-up of "Proplyds" in the Orion Nebula Supersonic Exhaust from Nebula M2-9 Star Cluster R136 in Nebula 30 Doradus Rotten Egg Nebula (OH231.8+4.2) Star Factory at the Center of the Orion Nebula The Cat's Eye Nebula's Intricate Layers Stellar "Eggs" Emerge from Molecular Cloud: Closeup of Evaporating... Closeup of Jet in Trifid Nebula (Messier 20/NGC 6514) Orion Nebula's Planetary Nurseries Torched By Radiation from Hot Star A Turtle-Shaped Nebula, NGC 6210, and the Structure Around Its Star (inset)... Star Cluster R136 in Nebula 30 Doradus Butterfly-Shaped "Papillon" Nebula (inset) Found in Nebula N159... Rotten Egg Nebula (OH231.8+4.2) The Expanding Light Echo of Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis Hubble Snaps "Family Portrait" The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A Planetary Nebula in the Making Planetary Nebula NGC 7027: A Sun-Like Star Burning Out Flaring Disk in Mystery Object He 2-90