Mar 7, 2025, 07:03 AM IST
The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars.
The star V830 Orionis shines on the cloud of material left over from its formation, here seen as the NGC 1999 reflection nebula.
The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases.
This Hubble mosaic is the highest resolution image ever made of the entire Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 light-years away.
These opaque, dark knots of gas and dust called "Bok globules" are absorbing light in the center of the nearby emission nebula and star-forming region, NGC 281.
A shroud of thick gas and dust surrounds a bright young star in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
A snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is featured in this Hubble Space Telescope image.
The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this Hubble Space Telescope image, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image.
This sparkling image depicts a small section of the Carina Nebula, one of the Hubble Space Telescope's most-imaged objects.
A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this Hubble Space Telescope image.