hubble space telescope wide field, color image

2 media by topicpage 1 of 1
The Eagle Nebula - Public domain  drawing

The Eagle Nebula - Public domain drawing

(March 31, 1995) These eerie, dark pillar-like structures are columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust that are also incubators for new stars. The pillars protrude from the interior wall of a dark mol... More

Stellar - Public domain  drawing

Stellar - Public domain drawing

(April 1, 1995) This eerie, dark structure, resembling an imaginary sea serpent's head, is a column of cool molecular hydrogen gas (two atoms of hydrogen in each molecule) and dust that is an incubator for new ... More