10 NASA images explore Nebulas, stellar evolution & more

Here are 10 images from NASA that explores into the mysteries of Nebulas, stellar evolution and cosmic wonders 

Published By Livemint | 12 Oct, 2024

Seven Sisters

Surrounded by sweeping clouds of dust are the Seven Sisters. Also known as the Pleiades, this star cluster is 445 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. 
Photo: NASA

'In the Auroras' 

Behind modules of the ISS is the aurora, a green and red haze curving over Earth. Auroras are usually created when the Sun sends a surge of charged particles through solar flares, coronal mass ejections, or an active solar wind toward Earth. 
Photo: NASA/Don Pettit

The 'eye' star

The “eye” star is unique from other planetary nebulae because its central star is off-center. These arc-like patterns might be remnants of shells ejected when the star was younger.
Photo: NASA

The Cone Nebula

The monstrous pillars of cold gas like the Cone are common in large regions of star birth. Astronomers believe the pillars are incubators for developing stars.
Photo: NASA

Westerlund 1

One of the closest and most massive super star clusters identified in our galaxy, contains 50,000 to 100,000 times the mass of the Sun within a space less than six light-years wide.
Photo: NASA

Flame Nebula

The center of the Flame Nebula is about 200,000 years old, while those on the outskirts are about 1.5 million years of age.
Photo: NASA

The 'black hole'

Black hole at the center of the large spiral galaxy gobbles up surrounding gas and dust, which material heats up and lets out a tremendous amount of energy, making the galaxy’s core shine brightly. 
Photo: NASA

Eta Carinae

With a mass about 100 times greater than our Sun, Eta Carinae makes an excellent candidate for a full-blown supernova, or the explosion of a star.⁣
Photo: NASA

Protostar

This light-year-long knot of interstellar gas and dust that looks a little like a caterpillar is a newborn star – a protostar.
Photo: NASA

Debris of SNR 0519

Remnants of a su-su-su-supernova explosion 160,000 light-years away bring the light of a dying white dwarf star to help us understand our universe’s past.
Photo: NASA