Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have imaged a giant molecular cloud being shredded by howling stellar winds and searing radiation, exposing a group of towering dust pillars harboring ...

Deep in the heart of the southern Milky Way lies a stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula. It is about 7,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina the Keel. This cloud of glowing gas ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory didn’t exist in 1838, when the Eta Carinae star system started to brighten as it ejected material in an event named the “Great Eruption.” But traces of the eruption ...

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The NASA Hubble Telescope continues to blow our minds by providing images of the great unknown surrounding Earth. It’s helped us understand where our home exists in the infinity of celestial bodies ...

The Hubble Space Telescope’s dramatic glimpse of the Carina Nebula, a gigantic cloud of dust and gas bustling with star-making activity, is a glorious feast for the eyes. Energetic young stars are ...

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In a captivating celestial showdown, stars clash with cosmic dust, and NASA's Picture of the Day captures the ongoing battle in the mesmerizing Carina Nebula. The clash unfolds within the mystical ...

Giant bubbles, towering pillars, and cascading clouds of dust and gas fill the star-forming nursery of the Carina Nebula seen here in a stunning new view from Herschel to launch the European Space ...

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ESO’s Very Large Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial ...