Archive for September, 2009
Space Slug
Credit: NASA/ESA and Jeff Hester (Arizona State University)
Sometimes when we look closer at images we see even more shapes. In the image of the Trifid Nebula we find a giant space slug. It’s right at the edge of the frame and easy to miss.
Spirograph Eye
Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Glowing with many colors, the planetary nebula called the Spirograph Nebula, shows the last stage of a star’s life. After running out of hydrogen fuel, the star at the center grew to a huge red giant. Then the star shed its outer layers, creating a bubble in space. Eventually the small hot core left behind will become a white dwarf.
Glowy, swirly jungle
Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
If you set out to find a starry version of “Where the Wild Things Are,” you’d find it in the Carina Nebula. All week, we’ve been exploring the way the swirls in the star cloud look like animals; a swift, caterpillar and an eagle, and sea monsters.
Monsters of a starry sea
Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Like sea serpents riding the waves, a group of creatures rise out of the gas and dust of the Carina Nebula. All week, we’ve been exploring the way the swirls in the star cloud look like animals; a swift, caterpillar and an eagle.
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