Nebula [ neb-yuh-luh ]: star-forming cloud of gas and dust. Noun, plural neb·u·lae [neb-yuh-lee, -lahy] 星云:由气体和尘埃组成的恒星形成云。名词，复数neb·u·lae [neb-yuh-lee， -lahy] These four nebulae are known for their breathtaking beauty: the Eagle Nebula (which contains the Pillars of Creation), the Omega Nebula, the T […]
NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. This Hubble image reveals a wealth of structure, including a spherical outer halo that is expanding faster than the inner nebula, and at least two ellipsoidal shells that are orientated differently. The
Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble image of a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 45. Herbig-Haro objects are a rarely seen type of nebula that occurs when hot gas ejected by a newborn star collides with the gas and dust around it at hundreds of miles per second, creating bright
The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It’s a portion of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, which includes such famous nebulae as the Horsehead Nebula and Orion Nebula. This image focuses on the
Stars are born from clouds of gas and dust that collapse under their own gravitational attraction. As the cloud collapses, a dense, hot core forms and begins gathering dust and gas, creating an object called a “protostar.” 恒星是由气体云和尘埃在自身引力作用下坍缩而形成。随着云团坍缩，会形成一个致密、炽热的核心，并开始聚集尘埃和气体，形成一个称为“原恒星”的物体。 This
NGC 2438 is a planetary nebula, formed after the death of a Sun-like star. The medium-sized star would have expelled its outer layers of gas into space as it died, leaving behind a white-dwarf core. A halo of glowing gas over 4.5 light-years across surrounds the nebula’s brighter inner ring. M
N44是一个复杂的星云，充满了发光的氢气、黑暗的尘埃带、大质量恒星和许多不同年龄的恒星群。然而，它最显着的特征之一是被称为“超级气泡”的黑暗星空间隙，在这张哈勃太空望远镜图像中上部中央区域可见。 这个黑洞大约有250光年宽，它的存在仍然是一个谜。气泡内部的大质量恒星喷出的恒星风可能赶走了气体，但这与测量到的气泡中的风速不一致。另一种可能性是，由于星云中充满了大质量恒星，这些恒星会在巨大的爆炸中消亡，古老超新星不断膨胀的外壳塑造了宇宙洞穴。 天文学家在超级气泡附近发现了一颗超新星遗迹，并确定超级气泡内部和边缘的恒星之间存在大约 500 万年的年龄差异，表明存在多个连锁反应的恒星形成事件。超级气泡
Known as NGC 6523 or the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 is a giant cloud of gas and dust where stars are born. At about 4,000 light years from Earth, Messier 8 provides astronomers an excellent opportunity to study the properties of very young stars. Many infant stars give off copious amounts of high-ener
This dramatic image from January 2006 offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region until this time, calle
2021年06月16日 Scorpius Enhanced Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Lenz Explanation: If Scorpius looked this good to the unaided eye, humans might remember it better. Scorpius more typically appears as a few bright stars in a well-known but rarely pointed out zodiacal constellation. To get a specta
