Horsehead Nebula

Backlit wisps along the Horsehead Nebula’s ridge are lit by Sigma Orionis, a nearby young five-star system

Image Credit: NASA

 Nebula IC 418

Hubble’s 2000 image shows IC 418, a glowing, patterned planetary nebula about 2,000 light-years away in Lepus

Image Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team

Hourglass Nebula

Hubble captured an image of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula shaped like an hourglass, formed from a dying Sun-like star

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 science team

Butterfly Nebula

Hubble was recently retrained on the Butterfly Nebula to capture a fuller light spectrum, revealing more about the gas dynamics in its colorful wings

Image Credit: NASA

Carina Nebula

NASA's Hubble Telescope captured chaotic activity atop a three-light-year gas pillar being eroded by bright stars in the Carina Nebula

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Necklace Nebula

The Necklace Nebula is a new planetary nebula with a 12-trillion-mile-wide ring and bright gas knots like diamonds

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team

Eagle Nebula

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a sharper, wider visible-light image of the iconic Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team

Veil Nebula

Caldwell 33, also known as the Eastern Veil, is part of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant and includes NGC 6992 and NGC 6995

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)