Knots of glowing gas light up the arms of spiral galaxy "Messier 74." The glowing means that the galaxy is a rich environment for star formation.
The "Spiral Planetary Nebula" is a symmetrical cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Musca, discovered by James Dunlop in July 1826.
The "Celestial Snow Angel" is a star formation region in the constellation Cygnus about 2,000 light years from Earth in an isolated area of the Milky Way.
Eleven rings, or shells, of gas make up the "Cat's Eye Nebula," which is one of the first planetary nebulae discovered.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdMore than 3,000 stars — some of which have never been seen in visible light — appear in this image of the Orion nebula.
The first supernova ever discovered is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud and called "SN 1987A." It was first seen in 1987.
Knots of gas from a dying star.
The "Sombrero Galaxy" is a spiral galaxy with a brilliant white core encircled by thick dust lanes.
It's suspected that this spiral galaxy, known as "Messier 106," is slowly being sucked into a supermassive black hole at its center.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdA tower of gas and dust rises within a cluster of stars known as the Eagle Nebula.
A view of “Mystic Mountain" captures a three-light-year tall pillar of gas being eaten away by the radiation of nearby bright stars.
The rotational center of the Milky Way galaxy is called The Galactic Center, and there is strong evidence suggesting that it holds a supermassive black hole.
"A Horsehead of a Different Color" shows a dark dust cloud (i.e. nebula) against a backdrop of glowing hydrogen gas in the constellation Orion.
A large cluster of stars in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way known as the Large Magellanic Cloud.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdUltraviolet radiation is released by the large, blue star cluster on the left.
This is the most detailed image of the Crab Nebula, the remains of a giant star explosion recorded nearly 1,000 years ago by Chinese and Japanese astronomers.
A tower of gas in the Carina Nebula.
Light from a stellar explosion three years earlier illuminates surrounding dust. This is called a light echo.
A view of the Carina Nebula that shows a region of star birth and death. This is one of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble's cameras.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdThe jet from a black hole at the center of a galaxy strikes the edge of another galaxy in this composite image.
A young cluster of stars (NGC 602) located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way.
The Antennae Galaxies are a pair of interacting galaxies, located in the constellation Corvus, that are currently going through a phase of starburst.
The Omega Nebula aka the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, or Lobster Nebula, is considered one of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions of our galaxy.