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NASA’s Amazing Photo Of Eagle Nebula Reveals Surprising Facts

This new image of the Eagle Nebula — without a doubt one of the most amazing objects in space — is stunningly trippy. It combines the two opposite ends of the electromagnetic spectrum in one shot: far-infrared and x-ray. Absolutely gorgeous.

November 11, 2011
Science

The Prettiest Radiation-Spewing Spider In The Heavens

The creation of stars is a violent process that produces intense heat and radiation. It also produces incredibly beautiful images.

March 24, 2011
Science

The Red Square Nebula Rips A Hole In Space-time

This might look like some weird cosmic gateway straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey or a particularly trippy old-school Doctor Who adventure, but the Red Square Nebula is completely real. Just don’t ask astronomers to explain its bizarre shape. [io9]

January 14, 2011
Science

Crab Nebula Should Be Renamed Smoking Blue Jellyfish Nebula

Believe it or not, this is the Crab Nebula, one of the most famous cosmic objects. Except that this image – 9.8 light years across – doesn’t look like the Crab Nebula at all, but the Electric Blue Puff Puff Jellyfish.

October 30, 2010
Science

Space Dresses Up For Halloween, Too

It figures that this close to Halloween, something wicked would show up in the stars. Astronomers can call this a nebula if they want; you and I both know that it’s a demon spawn of intergalactic proportions.

September 3, 2010
Science

Chrome Marble Floating In Deep Space

It looks like a metal marble floating in space. Or the palantir of Orthanc, magically teleported from Middle Earth to 11,000 light years away, in the Cassiopeia constellation. But it’s just a visual effect. This is the Bubble Nebula.

April 24, 2010
Science

Hubble’s Trip Into The Carina Nebula Is Delicious Eye Candy

This is a picture of the majestic Carina Nebula – a cool hydrogen and dust titan in the Milky Way Galaxy – as captured by Hubble. NASA has turned it into a 3D volumetric model, allowing you to fly right in:

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[Hubble]

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