Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have imaged a giant molecular cloud being shredded by howling stellar winds and searing radiation, exposing a group of towering dust pillars harboring ...

Stars form in huge clouds of gas and dust, and the moment they start shining, they can destroy the excess gas and carve spectacular structures inside these nebulae. The rest of this article is behind ...

The Cone Nebula is part of a star-forming region of space, NGC 2264, about 2500 light-years away. Its pillar-like appearance is a perfect example of the shapes that can develop in giant clouds of cold ...

In sharp contrast to the "Pillars of Creation" present in the star-forming regions of the Eagle nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope two decades ago, new observations are showing pillar-like ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A vast stellar nursery in the Eagle Nebula is seen as a towering spire of gas and dust through ...

The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) is a stellar nursery 7,500 light-years from Earth. These images show several pillars of gas and dust protruding from the nebula. Dubbed the "Pillars of Destruction," these ...

NASA released a stunning image of the Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation this week. The newly revisited picture, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the pillars in infrared light. That type of ...

Data from the Very Large Telescope in Chile suggests that it would be more appropriate to call the Eagle Nebula's famous gas formation the "Pillars of Destruction." Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series revisiting stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the ...

Out in the darkness of space burns the brightest nebula in the sky, the Carina Nebula. Within this structure, an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 light years from Earth, the birth of stars and the ...