nebula from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description phy...
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Orion Nebula from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, descripti...
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The Great Nebula in Orion, 1883 (frontispice en titelpagina)
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, engraving, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Andromeda nebula from "Elementary Physical Geography"
This image has been taken from scan 000053 from "Elementary Physical Geography". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream.
nebula from "The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for y...
This image has been taken from scan 000292 from volume 03 of "The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for young readers". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cre... More
spiral nebula from "The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Scienc...
This image has been taken from scan 000295 from volume 03 of "The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for young readers". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cre... More
nebula from "The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for y...
This image has been taken from scan 000293 from volume 03 of "The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for young readers". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cre... More
spiral nebula from "The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Scienc...
This image has been taken from scan 000288 from volume 03 of "The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for young readers". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cre... More
S35-28-021 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 in OV-102's payload bay backdrop...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in onorbit operating configuration, are documented in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Veh... More
S35-28-022 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 in OV-102's payload bay backdrop...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in onorbit operating configuration, are documented in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Veh... More
S35-28-024 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 in OV-102's payload bay backdrop...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in onorbit operating configuration, are documented in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Veh... More
S35-28-023 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 in OV-102's payload bay backdrop...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in onorbit operating configuration, are documented in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Veh... More
S35-28-020 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 in OV-102's payload bay backdrop...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in onorbit operating configuration, are documented in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Veh... More
Cygnus Loop Supernova Blast Wave
(January 1, 1993) This is an image of a small portion of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, which marks the edge of a bubble-like, expanding blast wave from a colossal stellar explosion, occurring about 15,000 ... More
Nursery of New Stars. NASA public domain image colelction.
(January 17, 1995) This is a Hubble Space Telescope image (right) of a vast nebula called NGC 604, which lies in the neighboring spiral galaxy M33, located 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Tria... More
Giant Twisters in the Lagoon Nebula
(September 27, 1995) This NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image reveals a pair of one-half light-year long interstellar "twisters," eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula ... More
The Orion Nebula. NASA public domain image colelction.
(November 20, 1995) This spectacular color panorama of the center the Orion nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The picture, sea... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
The nearby intense star-forming region known as the Great Nebula in the Orion constellation reveals a bow shock around a very young star as seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Named for the crescent-sh... More
Stingray Nebula. NASA public domain image colelction.
(March 1, 1996) This Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 image captures the infancy of the Stingray nebula (Hen-1357), the youngest known planetary nebula. In this image, the bright central star is in the middle ... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Taken by the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), this image of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light-years away, reveals its true shape to be an hour... More
Hubble Finds an Hourglass Nebula around a Dying Star
This Hubble telescope snapshot of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula, reveals that the object has an hourglass shape with an intricate pattern of etchings in its walls. A planetary nebula is the glowing relic of ... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have identified what may be the most luminous star known; a celestial mammoth that releases up to 10-million times the power of the Sun and is big enough to fi... More
The Twin Jet Nebula. NASA public domain image colelction.
(August 2, 1997) M2-9 is a striking example of a "butterfly" or a bipolar planetary nebula. Another more revealing name might be the "Twin Jet Nebula." If the nebula is sliced across the star, each side of it a... More
Butterfly Nebula. NASA public domain image colelction.
(March 6, 1997) The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is back at work, capturing this image of the "butterfly wing"- shaped nebula, NGC 2346. The nebula is about 2,000 light-yea... More
N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
(September 24, 1997) A NASA Hubble Space Telescope "family portrait" of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases. The celestial maternity ward, called N81, is located 200,000 l... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the Trifid Nebula reveals a stellar nursery being torn apart by a nearby massive star. Embryonic stars are forming within an ill-fated cloud of dust and gas, whic... More
The Ring Nebula. NASA public domain image colelction.
(October 1, 1998) The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the sharpest view yet of the most famous of all planetary nebulae, the Ring Nebula (M57). In this October 1998 image, the telescope has looked down... More
Ring Around a Galaxy. NASA public domain image colelction.
(May 6, 1999) Space Telescope Science Institute astronomers are giving the public chances to decide where to aim NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Guided by 8,000 Internet voters, Hubble has already been used to t... More
History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
In this sturning image provided by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Omega Nebula (M17) resembles the fury of a raging sea, showing a bubbly ocean of glowing hydrogen gas and small amounts of other elements... More
Doradus Nebula. NASA public domain image colelction.
A panoramic view of a vast, sculpted area of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born has been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The image, taken by Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camer... More
Horsehead Nebula - Hubble space telescope images
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. NASA Hubble Space Telescope took a close-up look at this heavenly icon, revealin... More
Trifid Nebula, JPL/NASA images. NASA public domain image colelction.
Atlas Image mosaic, covering 14.8 x 20.0 on the sky, of the Trifid Nebula, aka Messier 20 and NGC 6514. The Trifid is only about 1.5 degrees northwest on the sky of the larger Lagoon Nebula Messier 8 in the con... More
Orion Nebula and Bow Shock. NASA public domain image colelction.
Astronomers using NASA Hubble Space Telescope have found a bow shock around a very young star in the nearby Orion nebula, an intense star-forming region of gas and dust. NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA
Rotten Egg Nebula - Hubble space telescope images
Violent gas collisions that produced supersonic shock fronts in a dying star are seen in a new, detailed image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope. NASA/ESA & Valentin Bujarrabal Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Spain
N44C nebula - Hubble space telescope images
Resembling the hair in Botticelli famous portrait of the birth of Venus, an image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured softly glowing filaments streaming from hot young stars in a nearby nebula. NASA a... More
Ghost Head Nebula - Hubble space telescope images
Looking like a colorful holiday card, a new image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a vibrant green and red nebula far from Earth. NASA, ESA & Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri Observatoire de Paris, France
Ant Nebula - Hubble space telescope images
This image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a celestial object called the Ant Nebula may shed new light on the future demise of our Sun. NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute
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
Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula
The Keyhole Nebula, part of a larger region called the Carina Nebula NGC 3372, about 8,000 light-years from Earth as seen by NASA Hubble Telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA
History of Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Left image: The x-ray data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) has revealed a bright central star surrounded by a cloud of multimillion-degree gas in the planetary nebula known as the Cat's Eye. This CXO i... More
NASA Space Science. NASA public domain image colelction.
This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a rainbow of colors in this dying star, called IC 446. Like many other so-called planetary nebulae, IC 4406 exhibits a high degree of symmetry. The nebula's left and ri... More
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like str...
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like structures 'amino acids'
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like str...
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like structures 'amino acids'
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like str...
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like structures 'amino acids' PAH's (by blacklight)
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like str...
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like structures 'amino acids' PAH's (by blacklight)
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like str...
Astrochemistry Laboratory; nebula like gases forming cellular like structures 'amino acids' PAH's (by blacklight)
Close-up of M27, the Dumbbell Nebula
An aging star last hurrah creates a flurry of glowing knots of gas that appear to be streaking through space. This closeup image of the Dumbbell Nebula was taken by the JPL-built and designed WFC3 camera, onboa... More
The Tarantula Nebula, JPL/NASA images
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, has captured in stunning detail the spidery filaments and newborn stars of theTarantula Nebula, a rich star-forming region ... More
Dissection of a Galaxy, JPL/NASA images
Sometimes, the best way to understand how something works is to take it apart. The same is true for galaxies like NGC 300, which NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has divided into its various parts. NGC 300 is a f... More
Planetary Nebula NGC 7293 also Known as the Helix Nebula
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of the planetary nebula NGC 7293 also known as the Helix Nebula. It is the nearest example of what happens to a star, like our own Sun, as it approa... More
Black Widow Nebula Hiding in the Dust
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows two opposing bubbles being formed in opposite directions by the powerful outflows from massive groups of forming stars. The baby stars can be seen as specks of yellow where th... More
Most Detailed Image of the Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula is one of the most intricately structured and highly dynamical objects ever observed. The new Hubble image of the Crab was assembled from 24 individual exposures taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble... More
Eagle Nebula Flaunts its Infrared Feathers
This set of images from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Eagle nebula in different hues of infrared light. Each view tells a different tale. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Institut dAstrophysique Spatiale
Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula
This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye. NASA/JPL-Calte... More
Peony Nebula Star Settles for Silver Medal
This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows he Peony nebula star, a blazing ball of gas shines with the equivalent light of 3.2 million suns. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Potsdam Univ.
The Extended Region Around the Planetary Nebula NGC 3242
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 3242, a planetary nebula frequently referred to as Jupiter Ghost. The small circular white and blue area at the center of the image is the we... More
Obama Administration launches Cloud Computing Initiative at Ames Resea...
Obama Administration launches Cloud Computing Initiative at Ames Research Center. Vivek Kundra, White House Chief Federal Information Officer (ctr) and Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator (right) get a tour ... More
Obama Administration launches Cloud Computing Initiative at Ames Resea...
Obama Administration launches Cloud Computing Initiative at Ames Research Center. Vivek Kundra, White House Chief Federal Information Officer (left) and Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator (ctr) get a tour o... More
Big Bend National Park - Rosette Nebula
Deep space view of a scarlet colored, rosette nebula framed by stars as photographed from Big Bend National Park, Texas.
M8 Lagoon Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M8, Lagoon Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
IC 2118, Horsehead Nebula - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
IC 2118, Horsehead Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
M20, Trifid Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M20, Trifid Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M16, Eagle Nebuls - National Parks Gallery
M16, Eagle Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M42, Orion Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M42, Orion Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M16, Eagle Nebula H-alpha - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
M16, Eagle Nebula H-alpha taken from Chaco Observatory
M17, Swan Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M17, Swan Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
M16, Eagle Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M16 Eagle Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M27, Dumbell Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M27, Dumbell Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M42, Orion Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M42, Orion Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M16, Eagle Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M16, Eagle Nebula, taken from Chaco Observatory
M16, Eagle Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M16, Eagle Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M42, Orion Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M42, Orion Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M16, Eagle Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M16, Eagle Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M42, Orion Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M42, Orion Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
Lagoon Nebula, Free images of New Mexico
M8, Lagoon Nebula Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
M17, Swan Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M17, Swan Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
Lagoon Nebula, Free images of New Mexico
M8, Crab Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
M20, Trifid Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M20, Trifid Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
Lagoon Nebula, H-alpha - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
M8, Lagoon Nebula H-alpha taken from Chaco Observatory
M42, Orion Nebula - National Parks Gallery
M42, Orion Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory
Bernard 33, Horsehead Nebula - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Photo of Horsehead Nebula taken from Chaco Observatory. Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center. Interior...
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center. Interior with Mahendran Kadannapalli.
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center. ARC-2010...
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center.
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center. ARC-2010...
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center.
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center. ARC-2010...
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center.
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center. Overhead...
Nebula Containerized Server at the NASA Ames Research Center. Overhead exterior with Mahendran Kadannapalli.
Soul Nebula, JPL/NASA images. NASA public domain image colelction.
This mosaic from NASA WISE Telescope is of the Soul Nebula. It is an open cluster of stars surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, near ... More
Big Babies in the Rosette Nebula
This image from ESA Herschel Space Observatory shows of a portion of the Rosette nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation. ESA and the PACS, SPIRE... More
Menkhib and the California Nebula
This infrared image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer features one of the bright stars in the constellation Perseus, named Menkhib, along with a large star forming cloud commonly called the Californ... More
Asteroid Caught Marching Across Tadpole Nebula
A new infrared image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, showcases the Tadpole nebula, and asteroids that just happened to be cruising by. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Seagull Nebula -- Running with the Big Dog
The Seagull nebula, seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, draws its common name from it resemblance to a gull in flight. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
WISE Spies the Tarantula Nebula
Sending chills down the spine of all arachnophobes is the Tarantula nebula, seen in this image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer; the nebula is the largest star-forming region known in our entire Lo... More
A Nebula by Any Other Name. NASA public domain image colelction.
Nebulae are enormous clouds of dust and gas occupying the space between the stars. Simply called LBN 114.55+00.22, is seen here in an image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Chasing Chickens in the Lambda Centauri Nebula
This infrared image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows the Lambda Centauri nebula, a star-forming cloud in our Milky Way galaxy, also known as the Running Chicken nebula. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
WISE Catches the Lagoon Nebula in Center of Action
This colorful picture is a mosaic of Messier 8, or the Lagoon nebula, taken by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. This nebula is composed of clouds of gas and dust in which new stars are forming. NASA/JP... More
Weighing in on the Dumbbell Nebula
The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. Planetary nebulae are now known to be the remains of stars that once looked a lot like ou... More
Into the Depths of the Lagoon Nebula
Swirling dust clouds and bright newborn stars dominate the view in this image of the Lagoon nebula from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. The nebula lies in the general direction of the center of our galaxy in the ... More
The Pacman Nebula, JPL/NASA images
This composite image of the star cluster NGC 28 contains X-ray data from Chandra, in purple, with infrared observations from Spitzer, in red, green, blue. NGC 281 is known informally as the Pacman Nebula becaus... More
An Audience Favorite Nebula, JPL/NASA images
This nebula, which is in the constellation of Scutum, has no common name since it is hidden behind dust clouds. It takes an infrared telescope like NASA Spitzer to see through this dark veil and reveal this spe... More
A Different View of the Flame Nebula
The Flame Nebula sits on the eastern hip of Orion the Hunter, a constellation most easily visible in the northern hemisphere during winter evenings in this view from NASA WISE Telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA