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Hubble and Mars Global Surveyor Views of Dust Storm on Mars

Hubble and Mars Global Surveyor Views of Dust Storm on Mars

A comparison of images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field/Planetary Camera (HST/WFPC) and the Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter Camera (MGS/MOC) shows the progress of a regional dust storm within the Val... More

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