Nasa

Weighing In On The Dumbbell Nebula

JPL (2011-08-10)
Planetary Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
Ant Nebula

JPL (1999-12-10)
N44C Nebula

JPL (1999-12-03)
Trifid Nebula

JPL (1999-12-02)
Doradus Nebula

Select (1999-12-01)
NGC 7293, The Helix Nebula

JPL (2012-05-16)
The Twin Jet Nebula

GSFC (2015-08-26)
Planetary Nebula NGC 7293 Also Known As The Helix Nebula

JPL (2005-05-05)
Horsehead Nebula

JPL (1999-12-01)
Ghost Head Nebula

JPL (1999-12-03)
Orion Nebula And Bow Shock

JPL (1999-12-02)
Horsehead Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
The Tarantula Nebula

JPL (2004-01-13)
Most Detailed Image Of The Crab Nebula

JPL (2005-12-01)
Hubble Reveals The Ring Nebula’s True Shape

GSFC (2017-12-08)
$Image release date September 22, 2010 To view a video of this image go here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5014452203">www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5014452203</a> Caption: A spectacular new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the heart of the Lagoon Nebula. Seen as a massive cloud of glowing dust and gas, bombarded by the energetic radiation of new stars, this placid name hides a dramatic reality. The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a dramatic view of gas and dust sculpted by intense radiation from hot young stars deep in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8). This spectacular object is named after the wide, lagoon-shaped dust lane that crosses the glowing gas of the nebula. This structure is prominent in wide-field images, but cannot be seen in this close-up. However the strange billowing shapes and sandy texture visible in this image make the Lagoon Nebula’s watery name eerily appropriate from this viewpoint too. Located four to five thousand light-years away, in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer), Messier 8 is a huge region of star birth that stretches across one hundred light-years. Clouds of hydrogen gas are slowly collapsing to form new stars, whose bright ultraviolet rays then light up the surrounding gas in a distinctive shade of red. The wispy tendrils and beach-like features of the nebula are not caused by the ebb and flow of tides, but rather by ultraviolet radiation’s ability to erode and disperse the gas and dust into the distinctive shapes that we see. In recent years astronomers probing the secrets of the Lagoon Nebula have found the first unambiguous proof that star formation by accretion of matter from the gas cloud is ongoing in this region. Young stars that are still surrounded by an accretion disc occasionally shoot out long tendrils of matter from their poles. Several examples of these jets, known as Herbig-Haro objects, have been found in this nebula in the last five years, providing strong support for astronomers’ theories about star formation in such hydrogen-rich regions. The Lagoon Nebula is faintly visible to the naked eye on dark nights as a small patch of grey in the heart of the Milky Way. Without a telescope, the nebula looks underwhelming because human eyes are unable to distinguish clearly between colours at low light levels. Charles Messier, the 18th century French astronomer, observed the nebula and included it in his famous astronomical catalogue, from which the nebula’s alternative name comes. But his relatively small refracting telescope would only have hinted at the dramatic structures and colours now visible thanks to Hubble. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. Image credit: NASA, ESA <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html" rel="nofollow">NASA image use policy.</a> <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html" rel="nofollow">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</a> enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a> Like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenbelt-MD/NASA-Goddard/395013845897?ref=tsd" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/nasagoddard?vm=grid" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> To learn more about the Hubble Space Telescope go here: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html" rel="nofollow">www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html</a>$
Hubble Reveals Heart Of Lagoon Nebula

GSFC (2010-09-22)
Nebula? No, It The Cat Eye Crater!

JPL (2013-08-15)
Comets Kick Up Dust In Helix Nebula

JPL (2007-02-12)
Close-up Of M27, The Dumbbell Nebula

JPL (2003-02-11)
Hubble View Of A Nitrogen-Rich Nebula

GSFC (2015-06-26)
KSC-04-S-00193

KSC (2004-06-14)
Hubble Images Searchlight Beams From A Preplanetary Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
The Eagle Nebula Observed By WISE

JPL (2022-11-11)
James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam Image Of The “Cosmic Cliffs” In Carina Nebula

STScI (Webb) (2022-07-12)
Soul Nebula

JPL (2010-04-05)
Light And Shadow In The Carina Nebula

JPL (2000-02-03)
Cat's Eye Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
Observatories Combine To Crack Open The Crab Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-004

ARC (2010-03-26)
ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-007

ARC (2010-03-26)
ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-011

ARC (2010-03-29)
Ring Beholds A Delicate Flower

JPL (2005-02-11)
An Audience Favorite Nebula

JPL (2012-03-08)
WISE Spies The Tarantula Nebula

JPL (2010-07-06)
Into The Depths Of The Lagoon Nebula

JPL (2011-09-16)
A New View Of The Tarantula Nebula

JPL (2012-04-17)
Cygnus Loop Nebula

JPL (2012-03-22)
Four Famous Nebulae

JPL (2021-08-17)
ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-002

ARC (2010-03-26)
Observatories Combine To Crack Open The Crab Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
Crab Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-016

ARC (2010-03-29)
Chasing Chickens In The Lambda Centauri Nebula

JPL (2010-12-22)
Dying Star Shrouded By A Blanket Of Hailstones Forms The Bug Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
Godzilla Nebula Imaged By Spitzer

JPL (2021-10-25)
Hubble Spins A Web Into A Giant Red Spider Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
Spitzer Celebrates Fourth Anniversary With Celestial Fireworks

JPL (2007-08-24)
NASA Explores The Carina Nebula By Touch

GSFC (2017-12-08)
The Extended Region Around The Planetary Nebula NGC 3242

JPL (2009-04-03)
WISE Catches The Lagoon Nebula In Center Of Action

JPL (2011-01-06)
Hubble Finds An Hourglass Nebula Around A Dying Star

JPL (1996-01-16)
Iridescent Glory Of Nearby Helix Nebula

JPL (2014-04-04)
The Spider Nebula

JPL (2016-04-14)
New Views Of A Familiar Beauty

JPL (2005-01-12)
Highway To The Danger Zone Artist Concept

JPL (2007-04-18)
Infrared Rose

JPL (2007-04-18)
All Pillars Point To Eta

JPL (2005-05-30)
The Infrared Helix

JPL (2006-01-09)
CTIO Image Of Carina Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
Cassini Galactic Aspirations

JPL (2005-12-22)
Hubble Sniffs Out A Brilliant Star Death In A “rotten Egg” Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
Hubble Sees The Wings Of A Butterfly: The Twin Jet Nebula

GSFC (2015-08-26)
History Of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

MSFC (1997-09-08)
NASA's Hubble Captures The Beating Heart Of The Crab Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
Seagull Nebula -- Running With The Big Dog

JPL (2010-05-20)
Crab Nebula, As Seen By Herschel And Hubble

JPL (2013-12-12)
The Pacman Nebula

JPL (2011-09-28)
Every Rose Has A Thorn

JPL (2007-04-18)
Big Babies In The Rosette Nebula

JPL (2010-04-12)
Menkhib And The California Nebula

JPL (2010-05-07)
A Nebula By Any Other Name

JPL (2010-09-21)
A Different View Of The Flame Nebula

JPL (2012-07-02)
Storm Of Stars In The Trifid Nebula

JPL (2014-01-29)
Festive Nebulas Light Up Milky Way Galaxy Satellite

GSFC (2017-12-08)
NASA Satellites Find High-Energy Surprises In 'Constant' Crab Nebula

GSFC (2011-01-12)
History Of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

MSFC (1999-05-29)
History Of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

MSFC (2001-08-24)
A Nitrogen-rich Nebula

GSFC (2015-06-29)
Crab Nebula From Five Observatories

JPL (2017-05-10)
ESO 2.2-m WFI Image Of The Tarantula Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
$This side-by-side comparison shows observations of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light, at left, and mid-infrared light, at right, from NASA’s Webb Telescope. This scene was created by a white dwarf star – the remains of a star like our Sun after it shed its outer layers and stopped burning fuel though nuclear fusion. Those outer layers now form the ejected shells all along this view. In the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) image, the white dwarf appears to the lower left of the bright, central star, partially hidden by a diffraction spike. The same star appears – but brighter, larger, and redder – in the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) image. This white dwarf star is cloaked in thick layers of dust, which make it appear larger. The brighter star in both images hasn’t yet shed its layers. It closely orbits the dimmer white dwarf, helping to distribute what it’s ejected. Over thousands of years and before it became a white dwarf, the star periodically ejected mass – the visible shells of material. As if on repeat, it contracted, heated up – and then, unable to push out more material, pulsated. Stellar material was sent in all directions – like a rotating sprinkler – and provided the ingredients for this asymmetrical landscape. Today, the white dwarf is heating up the gas in the inner regions – which appear blue at left and red at right. Both stars are lighting up the outer regions, shown in orange and blue, respectively. The images look very different because NIRCam and MIRI collect different wavelengths of light. NIRCam observes near-infrared light, which is closer to the visible wavelengths our eyes detect. MIRI goes farther into the infrared, picking up mid-infrared wavelengths. The second star more clearly appears in the MIRI image, because this instrument can see the gleaming dust around it, bringing it more clearly into view. The stars – and their layers of light – steal more attention in the NIRCam image, while dust plays the lead in the MIRI image, specifically dust that is illuminated. Peer at the circular region at the center of both images. Each contains a wobbly, asymmetrical belt of material. This is where two “bowls” that make up the nebula meet. (In this view, the nebula is at a 40-degree angle.) This belt is easier to spot in the MIRI image – look for the yellowish circle – but is also visible in the NIRCam image. The light that travels through the orange dust in the NIRCam image – which look like spotlights – disappear at longer infrared wavelengths in the MIRI image. In near-infrared light, stars have more prominent diffraction spikes because they are so bright at these wavelengths. In mid-infrared light, diffraction spikes also appear around stars, but they are fainter and smaller (zoom in to spot them). Physics is the reason for the difference in the resolution of these images. NIRCam delivers high-resolution imaging because these wavelengths of light are shorter. MIRI supplies medium-resolution imagery because its wavelengths are longer – the longer the wavelength, the coarser the images are. But both deliver an incredible amount of detail about every object they observe – providing never-before-seen vistas of the universe. For a full array of Webb’s first images and spectra, including downloadable files, please visit: https://webbtelescope.org/news/first-images NIRCam was built by a team at the University of Arizona and Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Center. MIRI was contributed by ESA and NASA, with the instrument designed and built by a consortium of nationally funded European Institutes (The MIRI European Consortium) in partnership with JPL and the University of Arizona.$
James Webb Space Telescope Southern Ring Nebula (NIRCam And MIRI Images Side By Side)

STScI (2022-07-12)
Tarantula Nebula Spitzer 2-Color Image

JPL (2020-01-27)
SOFIA Reveals How The Swan Nebula Hatched

JPL (2020-01-07)
In The Blackest Night, A Green Ring Nebula

JPL (2011-06-15)
Peony Nebula Star Settles For Silver Medal

JPL (2008-07-15)
Asteroid Caught Marching Across Tadpole Nebula

JPL (2010-05-13)
Eagle Nebula Flaunts Its Infrared Feathers

JPL (2007-01-09)
Orion Nebula In Infrared

JPL (2022-11-22)
Carina Nebula Detail

GSFC (2017-12-08)
The Blue Ring Nebula

JPL (2020-11-18)
Little Gem

GSFC (2015-08-03)
Herschel Cool Universe Artist Concept

JPL (2013-03-05)
Inside The Flame Nebula

JPL (2014-05-07)
Nebulae: Not As Close As They Appear

JPL (2011-05-05)
The Helix Nebula: Unraveling At The Seams

JPL (2012-10-03)
Hubble Captures Spectacular "Landscape" In The Carina Nebula

GSFC (2017-12-08)
High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)

MSFC (1959-01-01)
Star-Studded Strings Around Cocoon Nebula

JPL (2011-04-13)
Space Science

MSFC (2002-08-01)

Weighing In On The Dumbbell Nebula

Planetary Nebula

Ant Nebula

N44C Nebula

Trifid Nebula

Doradus Nebula

NGC 7293, The Helix Nebula

The Twin Jet Nebula

Planetary Nebula NGC 7293 Also Known As The Helix Nebula

Horsehead Nebula

Ghost Head Nebula

Orion Nebula And Bow Shock

Horsehead Nebula

The Tarantula Nebula

Most Detailed Image Of The Crab Nebula

Hubble Reveals The Ring Nebula’s True Shape

Hubble Reveals Heart Of Lagoon Nebula

Nebula? No, It The Cat Eye Crater!

Comets Kick Up Dust In Helix Nebula

Close-up Of M27, The Dumbbell Nebula

Hubble View Of A Nitrogen-Rich Nebula

KSC-04-S-00193

Hubble Images Searchlight Beams From A Preplanetary Nebula

The Eagle Nebula Observed By WISE

James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam Image Of The “Cosmic Cliffs” In Carina Nebula

Soul Nebula

Light And Shadow In The Carina Nebula

Cat's Eye Nebula

Observatories Combine To Crack Open The Crab Nebula

ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-004

ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-007

ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-011

Ring Beholds A Delicate Flower

An Audience Favorite Nebula

WISE Spies The Tarantula Nebula

Into The Depths Of The Lagoon Nebula

A New View Of The Tarantula Nebula

Cygnus Loop Nebula

Four Famous Nebulae

ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-002

Observatories Combine To Crack Open The Crab Nebula

Crab Nebula

ARC-2010-ACD10-0054-016

Chasing Chickens In The Lambda Centauri Nebula

Dying Star Shrouded By A Blanket Of Hailstones Forms The Bug Nebula

Godzilla Nebula Imaged By Spitzer

Hubble Spins A Web Into A Giant Red Spider Nebula

Spitzer Celebrates Fourth Anniversary With Celestial Fireworks

NASA Explores The Carina Nebula By Touch

The Extended Region Around The Planetary Nebula NGC 3242

WISE Catches The Lagoon Nebula In Center Of Action

Hubble Finds An Hourglass Nebula Around A Dying Star

Iridescent Glory Of Nearby Helix Nebula

The Spider Nebula

New Views Of A Familiar Beauty

Highway To The Danger Zone Artist Concept

Infrared Rose

All Pillars Point To Eta

The Infrared Helix

CTIO Image Of Carina Nebula

Cassini Galactic Aspirations

Hubble Sniffs Out A Brilliant Star Death In A “rotten Egg” Nebula

Hubble Sees The Wings Of A Butterfly: The Twin Jet Nebula

History Of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

NASA's Hubble Captures The Beating Heart Of The Crab Nebula

Seagull Nebula -- Running With The Big Dog

Crab Nebula, As Seen By Herschel And Hubble

The Pacman Nebula

Every Rose Has A Thorn

Big Babies In The Rosette Nebula

Menkhib And The California Nebula

A Nebula By Any Other Name

A Different View Of The Flame Nebula

Storm Of Stars In The Trifid Nebula

Festive Nebulas Light Up Milky Way Galaxy Satellite

NASA Satellites Find High-Energy Surprises In 'Constant' Crab Nebula

History Of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

History Of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

A Nitrogen-rich Nebula

Crab Nebula From Five Observatories