12/5/2002STScI-2002-2921.Hubble Photographs 'Double Bubble' in Neighboring Galaxy
A unique peanut-shaped cocoon of dust, called a reflection nebula, surrounds a cluster of young, hot stars in this view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The "double bubble,"... (More)
5/9/2002STScI-2002-1223.Gaseous Streamers Flutter in Stellar Breeze
N44C is the designation for a region of ionized hydrogen gas surrounding an association of young stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a nearby, small companion... (More)
3/6/2002STScI-2002-0524.A Bow Shock Near a Young Star
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to reveal various stunning and intricate treasures that reside within the nearby, intense star-forming... (More)
1/3/2002STScI-2002-0125.Thackeray's Globules in IC 2944
Strangely glowing dark clouds float serenely in this remarkable and beautiful image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. These dense, opaque dust clouds — known as "globules" —... (More)
7/26/2001STScI-2001-2128.Hubble's Panoramic Portrait of a Vast Star-Forming Region
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a panoramic portrait of a vast, sculpted landscape of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born. This fertile... (More)
4/24/2001STScI-2001-1230.By Popular Demand: Hubble Observes the Horsehead Nebula
Rising from a sea of dust and gas like a giant seahorse, the Horsehead nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the sky. The Hubble telescope took a close-up... (More)