Stunning photos of Nebula captured by NASA's Hubble Telescope
Stunning photos of Nebula captured by NASA's Hubble Telescope
Nebulae are vast clouds of gas and dust, sometimes reaching sizes of light years, marking the creation sites of new stars and marking the deathbeds of old stars. Due to the light of the nearby stars, one can enjoy watching colored and shaped radiations of these cosmic wonders, all appearing as masterpieces of the universe. Let's venture into those breathtaking photographs to uncover the mysteries of the nebulae:
Pic Credits: NASA
Cone Nebula
It's a pillar of gas and dust that's 2,500 light-years away, slowly eroded through radiation from hot, young stars. The hydrogen is glowing red due to this effect. Only the densest areas of the Cone will last the test of time and may even form new stars and planets.
Pic Credits: NASA
Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula is a photo album of star birth, from the huge, young stars sculpting the nebula to its pillars of dense gas, which may represent the nurseries of newly formed stars.
Pic Credits: NASA
Helix Nebula
The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though from an Earthly perspective, the Helix looks like a bubble or an eye, in reality, it is a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gas with a white dwarf star at the center.
Pic Credits: NASA
Crab Nebula
Pic Credits: NASA
Emission Nebula
These dark knots of gas and dust are absorbing light at the center of this emission nebula and star-forming region known as NGC 281. These so-called globules may create stars or just disappear.
Pic Credits: NASA
Tarantula Nebula
It is the most prolific star-forming region in the Local Group of galaxies, a 160,000 light-year distance away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. In this vast nebula lie some of the hottest and most massive stars known, as turbulent clouds of gas and dust create a spectacular cosmic display.
Pic Credits: NASA
Carina Nebula
This is the Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula, approximately 8,500 light years from Earth in the constellation Carina. Herein exist some of the galaxy's largest and most luminous stars, one of which has seen fitting notoriety as the Eta Carinae star system.
Pic Credits: NASA
Prawn Nebula
The Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628, is a massive stellar nursery in Scorpius, about 6,000 light-years away. Hubble has captured its structure in visible and infrared light. This emission nebula grows because nearby stars ionize its gas, causing it to emit light with red-ionized iron.
Pic Credits: NASA
Featured In lifestyle
