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Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds

May 16, 2025 NeRD

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Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula

April 18, 2025 NeRD

ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll This newly reprocessed image released on April 18, 2025, provides a new view of an enormous, 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust. Despite its size, it’s just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also called Messier 16. The Eagle Nebula is one of many nebulae in the Milky Way that are known for their sculpted, dusty clouds. Nebulae take on these fantastic shapes when exposed to powerful radiation and winds from infant stars. Regions with denser gas are more able to withstand…

Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song

April 11, 2025 NeRD

Hubble Spots Stellar Sculptors in Nearby Galaxy

April 4, 2025 NeRD

Hubble Unveils a Glittering View of Sh2-284

March 8, 2025 NeRD

Hubble Captures New View of Colorful Veil

February 28, 2025 NeRD

Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape

February 14, 2025 NeRD

Hubble Captures Young Stars Changing Their Environments

January 16, 2025 NeRD

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NASA’s Webb Reveals Intricate Layers of Interstellar Dust, Gas

January 14, 2025 NeRD

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AstroViz: Iconic Pillars of Creation Star in NASA’s New 3D Visualization

August 5, 2024 NeRD

Learn Home AstroViz: Iconic Pillars of… For Educators Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Stories Science Activation Highlights Citizen Science 4 min read AstroViz: Iconic Pillars of Creation Star in NASA’s New 3D Visualization NASA’s Universe of Learning – a partnership among the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), Caltech/IPAC, the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and part of the NASA Science Activation program portfolio – recently released a new 3D visualization of the towering clouds of cosmic…