Picture Album: Nebulae

Expanding Flash From Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) Uncovering the Veil Nebula Mysterious Object He 2-90: Possibly a Duo of Aging Stars The Orion Nebula's Trapezium Cluster Behind the Gas and Dust of Orion's Trapezium Cluster Planetary Nebula NGC 6818 A Giant Star Factory in Neighboring Galaxy NGC 6822 The Ghost Head Nebula (NGC 2080) Details of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A Close-Up Images of the Orion Nebula Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud Nebula M1-67 around Star WR124 Star Cluster R136 in Nebula 30 Doradus Hubble's 15th Anniversary Images of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and... Dying Star HD 44179, the "Red Rectangle," Sculpts Rungs... Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova - Detail - April 24, 2006 Cluster of Galaxies with Recent Supernova - Detail - July 5, 2006 A Protoplanetary Disk Silhouetted Against the Orion Nebula Details of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A Two-Lobed Planetary Nebula Hubble 5 The Center of the Southern Crab Nebula He2-104 Comet-Like Knots Around a Dying Star in the Helix Nebula Planetary Nebula NGC 6210 Spiral-Structured Planetary Nebula NGC 5307 Rotten Egg Nebula A Protoplanetary Disk in the Orion Nebula Details of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 in Infrared and Visible Light Silkworm Nebula (IRAS 17441-2411) Planetary Nebula NGC 7009 Cotton Candy Nebula (IRAS17150-3224) Stingray Nebula (Hen-1357) The Pistol Star: A Brilliant Star in Milky Way's Core Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 in Infrared Light Planetary Nebula NGC 6210 Detail of the Star Wr124 and the Surrounding Nebula M1-67 Round Planetary Nebula IC 3568 The Spirograph Nebula (IC 418) Papillon Nebula N159-5 Hubble Captures Stars Going Out in Style Close-up of "Proplyds" in the Orion Nebula Supersonic Exhaust from Nebula M2-9 Star Cluster R136 in Nebula 30 Doradus Planetary Nebulae -- A More Artistic Arrangement Planetary Nebula MyCn18: An Hourglass Pattern Around a Dying Star Planetary Systems in the Making: Dust and Gas Disks Around Young... Rotten Egg Nebula (OH231.8+4.2) The Egg Nebula: Searchlight Beams and Multiple Arcs Around a Dying Star... Star Factory at the Center of the Orion Nebula Stars Bursting to Life in the Chaotic Carina Nebula Stellar Metamorphosis: Butterfly-Shaped Nebulae Emerge from Stellar Cocoons... Stellar "Eggs" Emerge from Molecular Cloud: Closeup of Evaporating... Light Echo from Star V838 Monocerotis The Cat's Eye Nebula's Intricate Layers Closeup of Jet in Trifid Nebula (Messier 20/NGC 6514) Orion Nebula's Planetary Nurseries Torched By Radiation from Hot Star Carina Nebula Details A Turtle-Shaped Nebula, NGC 6210, and the Structure Around Its Star (inset)... Hubble's Latest Views of Light Echo from Star V838 Monocerotis Flash From Star V838 Monocerotis Echoes Through Space Star Cluster R136 in Nebula 30 Doradus Hubble's Planetary Nebula Gallery Visible Light (upper) and Infrared (lower) Views of Starbirth Region... Butterfly-Shaped "Papillon" Nebula (inset) Found in Nebula N159...