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Capture the cosmos > Stellar evolution

Online adventures, pictures, answers, and more

on stars and stellar evolution:

Picture it!

Downloadable PDF lithographs:

NGC 2440 lithograph preview

Planetary Nebula NGC 2440

A dying star spins a cocoon of colorful gas.

 

Crab Nebula lithograph preview

Crab Nebula (M1)

This nebula has a good reason to be crabby.

 

Cat's Eye Nebula lithograph preview

Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543)

Make eye contact with the Cat's Eye Nebula .

 

Globular Cluster M80 lithograph preview

Globular Cluster M80

Be swept up in a glittering swarm of stars.

 

NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud lithograph preview

NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Compare clusters of hot, blue stars and cool, yellow, Sun-like stars.

 

Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula lithograph preview

Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula

Watch light from hot stars eating away the surface of the dust and gas cloud in the Eagle Nebula.

 

Helix Nebula lithograph preview

Helix Nebula

Gaze down a tunnel of gas created by a dying star.

 

Eagle Nebula lithograph preview

Eagle Nebula

Feast your eyes on Hubble's most famous image.

 

Eskimo Nebula lithograph preview

Eskimo Nebula

See the colorful aftermath of a Sun-like star's death.

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Tales of ... Carina Nebula

The glowing remains of star whose explosion was witnessed by sky watchers in 1054.
NOTE: For more Fast Facts on nebulae, dig deeper…

Fast Facts: Crab Nebula

The glowing remains of star whose explosion was witnessed by sky watchers in 1054.
NOTE: For more Fast Facts on nebulae, dig deeper…

Graphic Organizer:
Comparing globular star clusters and open star clusters

Stars and more stars — can you tell what's in a star cluster just by appearances?
NOTE: For more Graphic Organizers on nebulae, dig deeper…

Myths vs. realities: Stars

Stars all eventually become supernovae — true or false?

Tales of ...
The Early Cosmos: Out of the Darkness

A look at our early universe when the first stars were just beginning to form.
NOTE: For more "Tales of…" on nebulae, dig deeper…

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