Planetary nebula: The Helix Nebula This is composed of expanding gas that was blown off by a star as it collapsed to a white dwarf. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester, A. Loll (ASU)) Supernova remnant: The Crab Nebula Exactly as the name says, this is all that remains of a ...
TheOrion Nebulais an emission nebula and star-forming region. It is the most active star-forming region in our Galaxy, and can easily be observed up-close with a small telescope. The Orion Nebula is a perfect example of a star-forming region or “stellar nursery”. Planetary Nebulae When ...
Areflection nebulais adark nebula. However, it is visible because light from a nearby source is reflected off it, hence its name. The source of the light could be either something behind it, another nebula or a star. A well known Reflection Nebula is theWitch Head Nebulawhere it is refle...
Welcome to the star nursery, where stars are born - a Nebula. Explore nebulae, those giant clouds of dust and gas in space with Space Kids. Synopsis It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet.Be the first to contribute. ...
An example of a star-forming region and one of the most famous nebulae in the sky is the Orion Nebula.The Orion nebula is the most active area of star formation in our galaxy.Although it is visible to the unaided eye,it is only a vague glow.Through a telescope, the extent of its ...
A nebula ais one of the most beautiful deep-sky objects in the night sky. But what is a nebula? And how do these space clouds form?
cone nebula, dark nebula Living stars A star could be normal like our Sun throughout its life. A star with a companion star is known as a binary star or a multiple-star system. Binary refers to two, whereas in space, there are places where there are more than two stars in the same...
A stellar nebula is a cloud of superheated gases and other elements formed by the explosive death of a massive star.Stellar nebulae emit brilliant waves of infrared light generated by dust particles within the cloud. The cosmic objects known as nebulae, from the Latin for cloud, serve as the...
A 3D illustration of a neutron star in the nebula. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Neutron stars are the remnants of giant stars that died in a fiery explosion known as a supernova. After such an outburst, the cores of these former stars compact into an ultradense object with the mass of...
When a star reaches the end of its life, it releases most of its mass back into the interstellar medium. This is done either through the formation of a planetary nebula or a supernova. In this way, stars produce and distribute heavier elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen in the...