• Crab Nebula

The glowing remains of star whose explosion was witnessed by sky watchers in 1054.

• Orion Nebula

Earth's closest stellar nursery is a turbulent cauldron of star-birth.

• Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula

A pillar of gas and dust, flecked with stars, stretches trillions of miles into space.

• Eagle Nebula

Vital statistics from Hubble's most well-known target.

• Eskimo Nebula

Tidbits about this odd-looking hotbed of star death.

• Helix Nebula

Learn about a trillion-mile-long tunnel of gas.

Tales of ... (cont'd)

• Carina Nebula

Celebrate Hubble's 17th birthday with a this view of a roiling storm of star birth and death.

• History of Supernova 1987A

Where were you when this star exploded and lit up the sky?

• A history of the Crab Nebula

A puzzling picture develops as astronomers throughout history try to identify this bizarre object.

• The Early Cosmos: Out of the Darkness

A look at our early universe when the first stars were just beginning to form.

Graphic Organizers (cont'd)

• Comparison of the Eagle and
the Eskimo nebulae

Two stunning regions of glowing gas and dust — alike, yet different. Find out how.