By Sheetal Kumari | January 16, 2025
NGC 6302, in the Milky Way’s Scorpius constellation, spans two light-years, with glowing gas expelled from a star 2200 years ago.
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This Hubble image, assembled from 24 exposures, offers the most detailed, high-resolution view of the Crab Nebula, a fascinating and well-studied astronomical object.
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This towering structure in the Eagle Nebula is a 9.5 light-year-high column of gas and dust from a stellar nursery.
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This image shows N90, where bright young stars carve a cavity, with distant galaxies tinted reddish-brown by dust creating a stunning cosmic backdrop.
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This Hubble image reveals the Horsehead Nebula in infrared, showcasing its delicate, ethereal structure hidden within Orion’s dusty, turbulent star-forming region.
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Hubble captures NGC 346, a vibrant star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, surrounded by dramatic filaments 210,000 light-years from Earth.
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Hubble’s image of V838 Monocerotis reveals changing light echoes, illuminating hidden dust patterns since the star’s sudden brightening in early 2002.
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Hubble captures a three-light-year gas pillar, eroded by bright stars and pierced by jets from infant stars within, resembling a fantasy mountaintop.
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Hubble’s mosaic reveals the Carina Nebula’s star-forming regions, shaped by stellar winds and ultraviolet radiation, located 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina.
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Hubble’s 24th-anniversary image captures NGC 2174, the Monkey Head Nebula, showcasing young stars and cosmic gas 6,400 light-years away in the Orion constellation.
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