Hubble

来源： Space.com The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 36th anniversary in space this week with a glimpse into the heart of a major star-forming region, presented in prismatic color. Nebula sparkles in new Hubble snapshot | Space photo of the day for April 23, 2026 Satellite snaps amazing 36th birthday pic of Hubble Space Telescope (photo) Hubble revisits the Crab Nebula after 25 years | Space photo of the day for March 24, 2026 The spike pointing straight up is a pillar of denser gas and dust that has not yet been eroded by the barrage of ultraviolet light and powerful particle winds from nearby newborn massive stars that are just beyond the edges of this image. At the tip of the pillar, we can see a star that has formed. Although it is still embedded in the nebula and not clearly visible, we can see what looks a little like the tip of a fingernail around it. This, it seems, is a circumstellar disk that one day will form planets. ...

来源： Space.com A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a spectacular nebula in all its glory. (And yes, it does kind of look like a cosmic sea slug.) While this is a massive cloud of dust and gas where stars are created, in this new image, the nebula looks a bit like a sea slug, some have pointed out. ...