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The nebula is about seven light-years wide; at its heart is a star 45 times as massive as our sun that is spitting gas into space at speeds as high as four million miles per hour.
These structures, the largest of which is five light-years tall, are part of the Eagle Nebula, an active star-forming region about 6,000 light-years away.
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new image of one of its most famous targets, the Eagle Nebula.
A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust sculpted by intense stellar radiation.
From vibrant nebulae to a never-before seen view of our evolving universe, check out these 7 stunning deep-field images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant nebula. Blue in the filaments in the outer part of the nebula represents neutral oxygen, green is singly-ionized sulfur, and red indicates doubly-ionized oxygen.
A hazy Nebula: This new image from Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 showcases NGC 1501, a complex planetary nebula located in the large but faint constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).
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ExtremeTech on MSNHow Old Is the Solar System, and How Did It Form?Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...
Eagle Nebula: The Pillars of Creation Another breathtaking image comes from NASA’s Wide Field Survey Explorer (WISE), capturing the Eagle Nebula, located approximately 5,700 light-years from Earth.
Astronomy Space photo of the week: Iconic 'Eagle Nebula' gets a major glow-up on Hubble's 35th anniversary Space Ominous 'Chamaeleon' is hiding a stellar secret: Space photo of the week Astronomy ...
The Swan Nebula (M17) in Sagittarius and the Eagle Nebula (M16) and Sharpless 2–54, both in Serpens should be on your to-observe list.
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