The Carina nebula is a turbulent cloud of gas, dust about 7,600 light-years from here, a birthplace and graveyard for some of the Milky Way’s hottest and most massive stars. The nebula is home ...

The Homunculus Nebula surrounds the binary star system Eta Carinae. This image combines ultraviolet and visible light from the Hubble Space Telescope.

The astonishing star Eta Carinae, along with the nebula surrounding it, is weird not only for its looks, but also because it defies scientific prediction.

The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) is a stellar nursery 7,500 light-years from Earth. These images show several pillars of gas and dust protruding from the nebula. Dubbed the "Pillars of Destruction ...

This region, about 8,000 light-years from Earth, is located adjacent to the famous explosive variable star Eta Carinae, which lies just outside the field of view toward the upper right.

Carina Nebula ESO/G. Weigelt See the highest-resolution views yet of the explosive star system Eta Carinae, which is 7,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina.

Eta Carinae was the second brightest star in the night sky for several years in the 1840s, and astronomers think it will likely destruct in a violent supernova explosion within a relatively short ...

Eta Carinae, in the Keyhole Nebula, is the only star currently thought to emit natural LASER light. This featured image brings out details in the unusual nebula that surrounds this rogue star.

Two decades of Chandra Observatory data reveal the aftermath of the Eta Carinae stellar eruption of 1838.

Look for Eta Carinae, a bright star system in the nebula. A stargazing app can point you in the right direction. Hubble has spent over three decades studying the universe.

The most detailed image yet of the well-known Carina nebula has been caught by a European telescope, unveiling previously hidden features of an exquisite star nursery.