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Bookmark or Share- A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb - NASAThe nebula’s cavity centered in the NIRCam image has been hollowed out by blistering radiation from a cluster of massive young stars, which sparkle pale blue in the image. Only the densest surrounding areas of the nebula resist erosion by these stars’ powerful stellar winds, forming pillars that appear to point back toward the cluster.
- Hubble's Nebulae - Science@NASAThe rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the nebula is the dynamo powering the nebula's eerie interior bluish glow. The blue light comes from electrons whirling at nearly the speed of light around magnetic field lines from the neutron star, which is the crushed, ultra-dense core of the exploded star.
- Track down the 25 best planetary nebulae in the night skyThrough telescopes as small as 4 inches in aperture, the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) can look blue, blue-green, greenish-blue, or green, depending on your eyes’ color sensitivity. The color is ...
- NGC 7662 - WikipediaNGC 7662 is a planetary nebula located in the northern constellation Andromeda. It is known as the Blue Snowball Nebula, Snowball Nebula, and Caldwell 22. This nebula was discovered October 6, 1784 by the German-born English astronomer William Herschel.
- Reflection nebula - WikipediaReflection nebula are usually blue because the scattering is more efficient for blue light than red (this is the same scattering process that gives us blue skies and red sunsets). Reflection nebulae and emission nebulae are often seen together and are sometimes both referred to as diffuse nebulae .
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