The nebula, about 4,000 light-years away, is 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall. This site uses cookies to assist with navigation, analyse your use of our services, and provide content from third parties. Lotz/M. NY 10036. This composite image was taken on July 2, 2011 by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3.This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows an example of a bipolar planetary nebula. Originally discovered in 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel, the galaxy resides about 425 million light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Pictor, the painter. The dust is part of a long, thin tail, also composed of hydrogen gas, that stretches like taffy from the galaxy's core. Although itAfter returning, it produced amazing science over this past year.This small, irregular galaxy, NGC 4485, is imaged here after a recent interaction with a largerThis Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the gradual self-destruction of an asteroid, whose ejectedThe graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 3147 appear like a grand spiralWith over 2 decades of Hubble observations, including in ultraviolet light, astronomers have newlyThe distant lensed galaxy, nicknamed the Sunburst Arc, has its light arriving now from when theThe Southern Crab Nebula, officially known as Hen 2-104, is an hourglass-shaped created by aThe spiral galaxy D100, on the far right of this Hubble Space Telescope image, is being stripped ofThis is a Hubble Space Telescope image of a concentration of stars within the globular cluster NGCThis image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ancient, glimmering ball of stars calledAs part of Hubble's Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program, Hubble provides global views ofIn this new Hubble Space Telescope image, an uncanny pair of glowing eyes glares menacingly in ourI am a Ph.D. astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, who professes physics and astronomy at various colleges. Medical Xpress covers all medical research advances and health news Tech Xplore covers the latest engineering, electronics and technology advances Science X Network offers the most comprehensive sci-tech news coverage on the web Not to be confused with the Crab Nebula found in the constellation Taurus, the Southern Crab Nebula is the beautifully symmetrical structure created by an uneven binary star system. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer(Image credit: Left: E. Persson/Las Campanas Observatory/Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington; Right: NASA/ESA/STScI)(Image credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team)(Image credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA))(Image credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team)(Image credit: ASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team)(Image credit: NASA/ESA/J. The Hubble photo, released in 2013, shows an intriguing star nursery dotted with dark dust lanes in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 200,000 light-years from Earth.
Hubble spotted the bipolar nebula NGC 6302, known as the This glittering deep-space view from the Hubble Space Telescope features a tangled mess of dust, gas and stars known as the Monkey Head Nebula (aka NGC 2174 and Sharpless Sh2-252). This image is a composite of data taken in 2004, 2005 and 2011, and was released July 3, 2012.This striking cosmic whirl is the center of galaxy NGC 524, as seen in this fascinating space wallpaper. It is a globular cluster — a gathering of stars all held together by gravity — that is slowly moving through space on the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our closest galactic neighbors. Regan/B. This object, which is known as Hubble 12 and also catalogued as PN G111.8-02.8, lies in the constellation of Cassiopeia. whirling pair of stars: a burned-out white dwarf orbiting a diffuse red giant that's in the process of shedding its outer layers.