Posts Tagged ‘Trifid Nebula’

Star Birds

05 April 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

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

A pair of star birds take flight in this image of the Tri­fid Neb­ula from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope.

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Space Slug

29 September 2009 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

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.

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