News Release Archive: Nebula

2006 (continued)

• 7/31/2006 STScI-2006-35 21. Extraterrestrial Fireworks NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to fireworks on Earth. In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded... (More)
• 7/12/2006 STScI-2006-36 22. Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys Resumes Exploring the Universe After a brief hiatus, the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, probing the far reaches... (More)
• 4/4/2006 STScI-2006-13 23. Nearby Dust Clouds in the Milky Way NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed dense knots of dust and gas in our Milky Way Galaxy. This cosmic dust is a concentration of elements that are responsible... (More)
• 1/11/2006 STScI-2006-01 24. Hubble Panoramic View of Orion Nebula Reveals Thousands of Stars In one of the most detailed astronomical images ever produced, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an unprecedented look at the Orion Nebula. (More)

2005

• 12/1/2005 STScI-2005-37 25. A Giant Hubble Mosaic of the Crab Nebula The Crab Nebula is a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. Japanese and Chinese astronomers recorded this violent... (More)
• 11/10/2005 STScI-2005-35 26. Young Stars Sculpt Gas with Powerful Outflows This image of star cluster NGC 346 and its surrounding star-formation region was taken in July 2004 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. (More)
• 9/13/2005 STScI-2005-25 27. Hubble Catches Scattered Light from the Boomerang Nebula NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught the Boomerang Nebula in images taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys in early 2005. This reflecting... (More)
• 6/7/2005 STScI-2005-15 28. Supernova Remnant Menagerie A violent and chaotic-looking mass of gas and dust is seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image of a nearby supernova remnant. Denoted N 63A, the object is the remains of a massive... (More)
• 4/25/2005 STScI-2005-12 29. Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images During the 15 years NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has orbited the Earth, it has taken more than 700,000 photos of the cosmos; images that have awed, astounded... (More)
• 2/3/2005 STScI-2005-02 30. Light Continues to Echo Three Years After Stellar Outburst The Hubble Space Telescope's latest image of the star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) reveals dramatic changes in the illumination of surrounding dusty cloud structures. (More)