# orion nebula space astronomy hubble25

Backlit wisps along the Horsehead Nebula's upper ridge are being illuminated by Sigma Orionis. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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2019-05-03

The glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud.
Many of the filamentary structures are actually shock waves - fronts where fast moving material encounters slow moving gas!
📷Francesco Battistella

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2018-12-02

ESO’s VLT reveals the Carina Nebula's hidden secrets
Credit: ESO/T. Preibisch

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2017-01-20

That's it. That's Nebula's entire back story.

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2016-12-12

Hubble's iconic Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation revisited for http://t.co/mBcOXe9RzA

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2015-01-06