Posts Tagged ‘Cygnus Loop’

Starry Beach

27 September 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hub­ble Her­itage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Col­lab­o­ra­tion

Wispy waves of gas and dust wash up on the shores of a starry beach in this image of a small part of the Veil Neb­ula from NASA’s Hub­ble Space TeleÂscope.

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Veiled Fish

08 February 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA and The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (STScI/AURA)

Wispy fil­a­ments of the Veil Neb­ula resem­ble a fish with multi-colored fins in this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope. The scat­tered pieces of the Veil Neb­ula are all that remains of a bril­liant super­nova that exploded 5,000 to 10,000 years ago. The entire neb­ula spans a huge area in the sky equiv­a­lent to six full moons.

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Smoky Worm

13 January 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA & ESA

This wispy smoke-like cloud of gas flies through space in this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Telescope.

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