"This is an iconic Hubble image: the so-called “Pillars of Creation”.
Taken in 1995, the picture revealed never-before-seen details of three giant columns of cold gas bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light from a cluster of young, massive stars in a small region of the Eagle Nebula, or M16."
"Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation in Infrared."
"To some, it may look like a cat’s eye. The alluring Cat’s Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand light-years from Earth across interstellar space. A classic planetary nebula, the Cat’s Eye (NGC 6543) represents a final, brief yet glorious phase in the life of a sun-like star."
"Northern Lights dancing above the clouds in Finland."
"The Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635.
The “bubble” itself is 7 light-years across, and within spitting distance at 7,100 LYs distant."
"Beautiful island universe Messier 94 lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the hunting dogs, Canes Venatici."
"It’s easy to get lost following intricate filaments in this detailed image of faint supernova remnant Simeis 147.
Also cataloged as Sharpless 2-240 it goes by the popular nickname, the Spaghetti Nebula."
"These are cyclones on Jupiter; they’re absolutely massive."
"This galactic rose is made up of two interacting galaxies."
"A green meteor over India. Millions are going about their business in the city below, so insignificant in the grand scheme of the Universe."
"Cosmic swirl in a reservoir of glowing hot gas. It spans over 1 mil ly across the Perseus Galaxy Cluster, some 240 mil ly distant."
"Cygnus Loop Nebula. Beautiful."
"Ever seen the Heart Nebula? The large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like a human heart."
"You don’t always see a scene this beautiful when you hike to an ancient volcano – you have to be lucky.
Magnificent Aurora over Iceland."
"What do you all think of the magnificent Lagoon Nebula?"
"A waterfall in space. This is the Waterfall Nebula. What a sight!"
"An often-posted but still stunning galactic masterpiece, the Andromeda Galaxy."
"The Porpoise Galaxy from Hubble."
"The Helix Nebula – “The Eye of God”"
"Star Formation in the Tadpole Nebula. Incredible"
"The Ring Nebula is about 2,000 light-years away toward the musical constellation Lyra."
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