August 28, 2024

Mind-blowing images captured by NASA

These images taken by NASA’s James Webb telescope or other advanced devices located in various observatories around the globe or at the International Space Station (ISS) will leave you amazed!

This image of a pulsar nebula (a huge cloud of dust and gas in space) resembles a ghostly hand. A pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star. 

Pulsar nebula: Giant ghostly hand

Image Source: NASA/Space Agencies

This is an image of a cluster of young stars (1 to 5 million years old), located almost 2,500 light-years away from Earth which looks like a Christmas tree.

Christmas Tree Cluster

Image Source: NASA/Space Agencies

This is an image of a bipolar planetary nebula (which has two lobes on either side of the central star) that is a part of the Scorpius constellation, 3,800 light-years away from the Earth. 

Butterfly Nebula

Image Source: NASA/Space Agencies

This is an image captured by the James Webb Telescope. The bright pink gas cloud in the middle of the image showcases multiple stars being formed. 

Birth of new stars

Image Source: NASA/Space Agencies

This image showcases the Sun’s outermost layer, known as the corona, which is visible on rare occasions like total solar eclipses. 

Sun's Corona

Image Source: NASA/Space Agencies

This image captured two galaxies engaged in a cosmic interaction almost 160 million light-years away from Earth. 

Two galaxies in one frame

Image Source: NASA/Space Agencies

A supernova is a powerful explosion of a star that occurs during the last stages of a massive star. This is an image of a supernova remnant that resembles a ribbon. 

Red ribbon

Image Source: NASA/Space Agencies

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