Hubble’s Nebulae

Hubble’s NebulaeA Collection of Hubble Nebula ImagesIn celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s legendary Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of...Astronomers celebrated NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's 33rd launch anniversary with an ethereal photo of a nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333....This spectacular image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a region called G35.2-0.7N, which lies around 7,200 light-years from...Just in time for the fall foliage season, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a glistening scene...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...The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this Hubble Space Telescope image, which has also captured...This sparkling new image depicts a small section of the Carina Nebula, one of the NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s most-imaged...A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this image from the...A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this...Shreds of the colorful supernova remnant DEM L 190 seem to billow across the screen in this Hubble Space Telescope...This peculiar Hubble Space Telescope portrait showcases NGC 1999, a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion.

NGC 1999 is around...This celestial cloudscape captures the colorful region in the Orion Nebula surrounding the Herbig-Haro object HH 505.

Herbig-Haro objects are...A jet from a newly formed star flares into the shining depths of reflection nebula NGC 1977 in this Hubble...Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble Space Telescope image of a Herbig-Haro object known as...Stars are born from turbulent clouds of gas and dust that collapse under their own gravitational attraction.

As the cloud...N44 is a complex nebula filled with glowing hydrogen gas, dark lanes of dust, massive stars, and many populations of...This Hubble Space Telescope image depicts a special class of star-forming nursery known as Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules, or frEGGs...Abell 78 is an unusual type of planetary nebula.

After exhausting the nuclear fuel in their cores, stars with a...The Snowman Nebula is an emission nebula that resides in the constellation Puppis in the southern sky, about 6,000 light-years...Stars are born from clouds of gas and dust that collapse under their own gravitational attraction.

As the cloud collapses,...The Prawn Nebula is a massive stellar nursery located in the constellation Scorpious, about 6,000 light years from Earth.

Though...NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin.

This Hubble image reveals a wealth...NGC 2438 is a planetary nebula, formed after the death of a Sun-like star.

The medium-sized star would have expelled...This Hubble image captures a portion of a dark nebula in the constellation Cepheus.

LDN 1165 is part of a...This Hubble image captures a portion of the reflection nebula IC 2631 that contains a protostar, the hot, dense core...The Flame Nebula is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth.

It’s...The Flame Nebula or NGC 2024 is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years...This image shows knots of cold, dense interstellar gas where new stars are forming.

These Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules (frEGGs)...These cosmic ribbons of gas have been left behind by a titanic stellar explosion called a supernova.

DEM L249 is...Cleopatra’s Eye, or NGC 1535, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Eridanus.

This nebula has an unusual structure that...This Hubble Space Telescope captures the emission nebula NGC 2313.

The bright star V565 — surrounded by four prominent diffraction...Nestled amongst the vast clouds of star-forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of our own...This striking image features a relatively rare celestial phenomenon known as a Herbig–Haro object.

This particular Herbig–Haro object is named...Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope near-infrared vision captured a remarkable image of a young star's unseen, planet-forming disk casting...This Hubble Space Telescope portrait reveals the gaseous remains of an exploded massive star that erupted 1,700 years ago.

The...The star AG Carinae is surrounded by an expanding shell of gas and dust.

The nebula is about five light-years...This dark, tangled web is an object named SNR 0454-67.2.

It is a supernova remnant, created after a massive star...While appearing as a delicate and light veil draped across the sky, this image from the Hubble Space Telescope actually...As nuclear fusion engines, most stars live placid lives for hundreds of millions to billions of years.

But near the...