The Horsehead Nebula is a part of much larger complex in the constellation Orion. Known collectively as the Orion Molecular Cloud, it also houses other famous objects, such as the Great Orion Nebula.
The Crab Nebula takes on a more detailed appearance that yields clues into the spectacular demise of the star. It is also the highest resolution image ever made of the M1-Crab Nebula.
The entire nebula is 7 light years long, the Cone Nebula resides 2,500 light years away in the constellation monoceros. This monstrous object is actually an innocuous pillar of gas and dust.
This Nebula image shows the fine web of filamentary "Bicycle-stroke", featuring embedded in the colorful red and blue gas rings, which is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to earth.
This sharp and colorful close-up of the dying star’s nebula was recorded in 2009 by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3.
N44 is a complex nebula filled with glowing hydrogen gas, dark lanes of dust, and a starry gap called a "superbubble."
The planetary nebula NGC 7027 resembles a jewel bug, an insect with a brilliantly colorful metallic shell.
The nebula is known as Hen 2-104, located several thousand light years from the earth. It appears to have two nested hourglass-shaped structures that were sculpted by a whirling pair of stars in a binary system.