Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.
Now, researchers have discovered new evidence to support the idea that the breathtaking purple, pink and orange ... at the center of the nebula,” Sana adds to Space.com’s Keith Cooper.
The Rosette Nebula blossoms in deep space, captured in this wonderful image ... and ionized silicon near the nebula's ...
“Inside the purple and pink gas ... of the nebula is a dense cluster of the biggest stars that astronomers have discovered, ranging between one to two million years old, the space agency stated.
Compare this to what the James Webb Space Telescope saw in 2022. Some early views of 30 Dor highlight the nebula's spidery spindles of dust and gas filaments. The new image looks like a purplish ...
In this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, "cometary knots" on the Helix Nebula show blue-green heads caused by excitation of their molecular material from shocks or ultraviolet radiation.
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) detected the magnetic field streamlines shown over this image of the Keyhole Nebula, part of the larger Carina Nebula, captued by the ...