https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/RSS/?TagShow=space|nebulas| en hourly 1 https://www.wallpaperfusion.com https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/pillars-of-creation-2015/22034/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:16:55 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/pillars-of-creation-2015/22034/ NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revisited the famous Pillars of Creation, revealing a sharper and wider view of the structures in this visible-light image.
Astronomers combined several Hubble exposures to assemble the wider view. The towering pillars are about 5 light-years tall. The dark, finger-like feature at bottom right may be a smaller version of the giant pillars. The new image was taken with Hubble's versatile and sharp-eyed Wide Field Camera 3.
The pillars are bathed in the blistering ultraviolet light from a grouping of young, massive stars located off the top of the image. Streamers of gas can be seen bleeding off the pillars as the intense radiation heats and evaporates it into space. Denser regions of the pillars are shadowing material beneath them from the powerful radiation. Stars are being born deep inside the pillars, which are made of cold hydrogen gas laced with dust. The pillars are part of a small region of the Eagle Nebula, a vast star-forming region 6,500 light-years from Earth.
The colors in the image highlight emission from several chemical elements. Oxygen emission is blue, sulfur is orange, and hydrogen and nitrogen are green.]]> NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revisited the famous Pillars of Creation, revealing a sharper and wider view of the structures in this visible-light image.
Astronomers combined several Hubble exposures to assemble the wider view. The towering pillars are about 5 light-years tall. The dark, finger-like feature at bottom right may be a smaller version of the giant pillars. The new image was taken with Hubble's versatile and sharp-eyed Wide Field Camera 3.
The pillars are bathed in the blistering ultraviolet light from a grouping of young, massive stars located off the top of the image. Streamers of gas can be seen bleeding off the pillars as the intense radiation heats and evaporates it into space. Denser regions of the pillars are shadowing material beneath them from the powerful radiation. Stars are being born deep inside the pillars, which are made of cold hydrogen gas laced with dust. The pillars are part of a small region of the Eagle Nebula, a vast star-forming region 6,500 light-years from Earth.
The colors in the image highlight emission from several chemical elements. Oxygen emission is blue, sulfur is orange, and hydrogen and nitrogen are green.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/jwst-carina-nebula/27786/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 17:46:08 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/jwst-carina-nebula/27786/ Carina Nebula as captures by the JWST.]]> Carina Nebula as captures by the JWST.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/soul-nebula/25594/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:27:52 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/soul-nebula/25594/ This mosaic from NASA WISE Telescope is of the Soul Nebula. It is an open cluster of stars surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, near the Heart Nebula. Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA.]]> This mosaic from NASA WISE Telescope is of the Soul Nebula. It is an open cluster of stars surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, near the Heart Nebula. Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/crab-nebula-in-detail/25595/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:27:52 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/crab-nebula-in-detail/25595/ The Crab Nebula is one of the most intricately structured and highly dynamical objects ever observed. The new Hubble image of the Crab was assembled from 24 individual exposures taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL/Arizona State University.]]> The Crab Nebula is one of the most intricately structured and highly dynamical objects ever observed. The new Hubble image of the Crab was assembled from 24 individual exposures taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL/Arizona State University.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/eve-online-charon/18201/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:37:34 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/eve-online-charon/18201/ A spaceship from Eve Online with a nebula in the background.]]> A spaceship from Eve Online with a nebula in the background.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula/17836/ Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:45:18 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula/17836/ This new image of the Orion Nebula was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This image is a composite of several exposures taken through a total of five different filters. Light that passed through a red filter, as well as light from a filter that shows the glowing hydrogen gas, is colored red. Light in the yellow–green part of the spectrum is colored green, blue light is colored blue and light that passed through an ultraviolet filter has been colored purple. The exposure times were about 52 minutes through each filter.]]> This new image of the Orion Nebula was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This image is a composite of several exposures taken through a total of five different filters. Light that passed through a red filter, as well as light from a filter that shows the glowing hydrogen gas, is colored red. Light in the yellow–green part of the spectrum is colored green, blue light is colored blue and light that passed through an ultraviolet filter has been colored purple. The exposure times were about 52 minutes through each filter.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/carina-nebula/17846/ Mon, 08 Jul 2013 02:21:05 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/carina-nebula/17846/ The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula.]]> The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/cats-paw-nebula-ngc-6334/17996/ Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:00:04 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/cats-paw-nebula-ngc-6334/17996/ Infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) taken by VISTA. NGC 6334 is a vast region of star formation about 5500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit.]]> Infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) taken by VISTA. NGC 6334 is a vast region of star formation about 5500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/carina-nebula/17843/ Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:39:47 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/carina-nebula/17843/ This broad image of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies.]]> This broad image of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/spectre/17971/ Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:16:01 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/spectre/17971/ Planets and moons set against a dramatic space backdrop.]]> Planets and moons set against a dramatic space backdrop.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/lobster-nebula-ngc-6357/17925/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 01:14:15 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/lobster-nebula-ngc-6357/17925/ This image from ESO’s VISTA telescope captures a celestial landscape of vast, glowing clouds of gas and tendrils of dust surrounding hot young stars. This infrared view reveals the stellar nursery known as NGC 6357 in a new light. It was taken as part of the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) survey, which is currently scanning the Milky Way in a bid to map our galaxy’s structure and explain how it formed. ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti. Acknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo.]]> This image from ESO’s VISTA telescope captures a celestial landscape of vast, glowing clouds of gas and tendrils of dust surrounding hot young stars. This infrared view reveals the stellar nursery known as NGC 6357 in a new light. It was taken as part of the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) survey, which is currently scanning the Milky Way in a bid to map our galaxy’s structure and explain how it formed. ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti. Acknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/flame-nebula/17845/ Mon, 08 Jul 2013 02:21:02 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/flame-nebula/17845/ Image from VISTA, shows the spectacular star-forming region known as the Flame Nebula.]]> Image from VISTA, shows the spectacular star-forming region known as the Flame Nebula.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/horsehead-nebula/129/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/horsehead-nebula/129/ The iconic dust cloud formation of the Horsehead Nebula illustrates the origin of the name in this brilliant false-colour image.]]> The iconic dust cloud formation of the Horsehead Nebula illustrates the origin of the name in this brilliant false-colour image.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/eagle-nebula-messier-16/17860/ Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:46:01 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/eagle-nebula-messier-16/17860/ Messier 16 (M16), also known as the Eagle Nebula, is located in the southern constellation of Serpens (the Snake).]]> Messier 16 (M16), also known as the Eagle Nebula, is located in the southern constellation of Serpens (the Snake).]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/lagoon-nebula-messier-8/17839/ Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:16:01 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/lagoon-nebula-messier-8/17839/ Infrared view of the star formation region Messier 8, called the Lagoon Nebula.]]> Infrared view of the star formation region Messier 8, called the Lagoon Nebula.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/swan-nebula-messier-17/17842/ Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:39:47 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/swan-nebula-messier-17/17842/ The1st released VST image shows the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17, also known as the Swan Nebula.]]> The1st released VST image shows the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17, also known as the Swan Nebula.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/cats-paw-stars/17997/ Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:31:02 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/cats-paw-stars/17997/ Stars surrounding Cat's Paw Nebula.]]> Stars surrounding Cat's Paw Nebula.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/carina-nebula/17826/ Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:30:50 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/carina-nebula/17826/ This broad image of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged.]]> This broad image of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula/7884/ Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:31:00 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula/7884/ Orion Nebula from Hubble.]]> Orion Nebula from Hubble.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/runaway-star/3929/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:13:40 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/runaway-star/3929/ A runaway star - CW Leo, plowing through the depths of space and piling up interstellar material before it, can be seen in this ultraviolet image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.]]> A runaway star - CW Leo, plowing through the depths of space and piling up interstellar material before it, can be seen in this ultraviolet image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/carina-nebula/103/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/carina-nebula/103/ What dark forms lurk in the mists of the Carina Nebula? These ominous figures are actually molecular clouds, knots of molecular gas and dust so thick they have become opaque. In comparison, however, these clouds are typically much less dense than Earth's atmosphere.]]> What dark forms lurk in the mists of the Carina Nebula? These ominous figures are actually molecular clouds, knots of molecular gas and dust so thick they have become opaque. In comparison, however, these clouds are typically much less dense than Earth's atmosphere.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/alice/13187/ Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:45:14 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/alice/13187/ Alice with the Orion Nebula behind her.]]> Alice with the Orion Nebula behind her.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/the-invisible-dragon/3928/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:51:43 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/the-invisible-dragon/3928/ PIA13241 - "The Invisible Dragon".]]> PIA13241 - "The Invisible Dragon".]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/colourful-space/2485/ Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:25:08 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/colourful-space/2485/ An image of what space could look like from the right planet.]]> An image of what space could look like from the right planet.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/nebula/3484/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:14:00 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/nebula/3484/ Taken by ESO's VLT Survey Telescope (VST) with the 268 Megapixel "OmegaCam".]]> Taken by ESO's VLT Survey Telescope (VST) with the 268 Megapixel "OmegaCam".]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula/134/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula/134/ Located in the constellation Orion just below Orion's Belt, the Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky, visible to the naked eye. Cosmic dust and gasses swirl together as they form new stars in a spectacular display.]]> Located in the constellation Orion just below Orion's Belt, the Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky, visible to the naked eye. Cosmic dust and gasses swirl together as they form new stars in a spectacular display.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/space-cloud/715/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:38:51 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/space-cloud/715/ This image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light as seen by the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission with important NASA contributions, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. In the instruments' combined data, this nearby dwarf galaxy looks like a fiery, circular explosion. Rather than fire, however, those ribbons are actually giant ripples of dust spanning tens or hundreds of light-years. Significant fields of star formation are noticeable in the center, just left of center and at right. The brightest center-left region is called 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula, for its appearance in visible light.]]> This image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light as seen by the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission with important NASA contributions, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. In the instruments' combined data, this nearby dwarf galaxy looks like a fiery, circular explosion. Rather than fire, however, those ribbons are actually giant ripples of dust spanning tens or hundreds of light-years. Significant fields of star formation are noticeable in the center, just left of center and at right. The brightest center-left region is called 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula, for its appearance in visible light.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/30-doradus/1133/ Sun, 19 Aug 2012 04:30:41 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/30-doradus/1133/ 30 Doradus, i.e. the Tarantula nebula.]]> 30 Doradus, i.e. the Tarantula nebula.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/hubble-tarantula-nebula/2517/ Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:22:25 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/hubble-tarantula-nebula/2517/ Hubble's Panoramic View of a Turbulent Star-making Region.]]> Hubble's Panoramic View of a Turbulent Star-making Region.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/great-orion-nebula/102/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/great-orion-nebula/102/ Located in the constellation Orion just below Orion's Belt, the Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky, visible to the naked eye. Cosmic dust and gasses swirl together as they form new stars in a spectacular display.]]> Located in the constellation Orion just below Orion's Belt, the Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky, visible to the naked eye. Cosmic dust and gasses swirl together as they form new stars in a spectacular display.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/the-flame-nebula-2/1122/ Sun, 19 Aug 2012 03:45:31 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/the-flame-nebula-2/1122/ The Flame Nebula.]]> The Flame Nebula.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/flame-nebula/1121/ Sun, 19 Aug 2012 03:45:18 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/flame-nebula/1121/ The Flame Nebula.]]> The Flame Nebula.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula-quad/2377/ Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:22:17 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula-quad/2377/ An image of the Orion Nebula, one of the brightest nebulae - visible to the naked eye on the right night.]]> An image of the Orion Nebula, one of the brightest nebulae - visible to the naked eye on the right night.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/cygnus-x/973/ Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:33:48 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/cygnus-x/973/ An infrared view of the Cygnus X nebula.]]> An infrared view of the Cygnus X nebula.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/30-doradus/1546/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:31:47 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/30-doradus/1546/ 30 Doradus Nebula, 170,000 light-years from Earth.]]> 30 Doradus Nebula, 170,000 light-years from Earth.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/pillars-of-creation/136/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/pillars-of-creation/136/ The Pillars are located in the Eagle Nebula, over 7,000 light years from Earth. This composite photo of the gas clouds is one of the most iconic images from the Hubble Telescope.]]> The Pillars are located in the Eagle Nebula, over 7,000 light years from Earth. This composite photo of the gas clouds is one of the most iconic images from the Hubble Telescope.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/rho-ophiuchi-dark-cloud/148/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/rho-ophiuchi-dark-cloud/148/ Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Called "Rho Oph" by astronomers, it's one of the closest star-forming regions to our own solar system. Located near the constellations Scorpius and Ophiuchus, the nebula is about 407 light years away from Earth.]]> Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Called "Rho Oph" by astronomers, it's one of the closest star-forming regions to our own solar system. Located near the constellations Scorpius and Ophiuchus, the nebula is about 407 light years away from Earth.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula-in-infrared/1143/ Sun, 19 Aug 2012 04:31:06 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/orion-nebula-in-infrared/1143/ Image of Orion nebula using infrared imaging.]]> Image of Orion nebula using infrared imaging.]]> https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/the-fairy-of-eagle-nebula/141/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wallpaperfusion.com/Image/the-fairy-of-eagle-nebula/141/ The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are evaporating. As powerful starlight whittles away these cool cosmic mountains, the statuesque pillars that remain might be imagined as mythical beasts.]]> The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are evaporating. As powerful starlight whittles away these cool cosmic mountains, the statuesque pillars that remain might be imagined as mythical beasts.]]>