Space is filled with mysterious objects and constantly occurring celestial events, be it the explosion of a dying star or the interaction between two galaxies. High-definition cameras and telescopes mounted on satellites sent by space agencies like NASA make it possible for us to witness these mesmerizing events in space. Check out these five amazing NASA photos taken from space to stay updated with all the happenings in space.
This NASA image shows a nebula in the Perseus Molecular Cloud, located about 960 light-years away. The image was taken by the NASA Webb telescope and shows extremely low-mass cosmic objects.
The faint stars in the image are newborns and have masses comparable to giant planets. The gas and dust surrounding these young stars contain elements that could eventually form planetary systems.
Meet the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the oldest and wisest galaxies in space. This star cluster is located within the Small Magellanic Cloud, which radiates light and energy into the surrounding nebula. The image shows a dark gray cosmic cloud surrounded by a cluster of blue-violet stars.
The Cone Nebula, located 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros, may take you back to one of your worst nightmares, with the beast angrily thrusting its head back into the red sea. The image was captured by the NASA Hubble telescope and shows the upper 2.5 light-years of the nebula; the entire nebula is 7 light-years long. Giant columns of cold gas, like cones, are common in large regions of star birth. Astronomers believe these columns are incubators for developing stars.
The image of the Stephens Quintet, aka Hickson Compact Group 92, was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).
This image shows a cluster of five galaxies. Three of the galaxies in the cluster have distorted shapes, long spiral arms and long, gaseous tidal tails containing numerous star clusters, evidence of their close interaction.
The stylized blue sphere far away in space was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The Bubble Nebula is located 7,100 light years from Earth and is 45 times more massive than our Sun.
The gas on the star becomes so hot that it escapes into space as a stellar wind blowing at more than four million miles per hour (6.4 million kilometers per hour). Gases heated to different temperatures emit different colors: blue for oxygen, green for hydrogen and red for nitrogen.