Ethereal Purple Petals
ESO Purple petals, an eerie purplish eye or tire glow in this image from the European Southern Observatory. IC 5148, or the Spare Tire Nebula, is a planetary nebula with a diameter of just a couple of...
View ArticleA Confused Galactic V
NASA/ESA Hubble Check out a galactic-sized “flying V in this image of interacting galaxies IC 2184 from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Explore the two nearly edge-on galaxies as they begin their...
View ArticleLoops of Stars
NASA/ESA Hubble A sparkling pink and purple loop floats in a sea of galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Explore this image of ring galaxy Zw II 28. What patterns or...
View ArticleSparkling Hook
NASA/ESA Hubble As if waiting for cosmic fish, this hook-shaped galaxy sparkles in a deep image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Or perhaps you’ve turned your head and you see a galactic...
View ArticleEye of Stars
NASA/ESA Hubble Set against a starry backdrop, ESO 456-67 glows like a cat’s eye or in the shape of Mas Amedda from Star Wars in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Explore the...
View ArticleSmoky Horse
NASA/ESA Hubble A smoky horse rises from a pink cloud of hydrogen gas in this spectacular new image of the Horseahd Nebula from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Zoom in and explore this dark...
View ArticleWings of Cepheus
NASA/ESA Hubble A wing, or fan, sweeps across a star in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Explore the swirls, loops and turbulence in this star cloud. What stories or shapes do you...
View Article‘Retire’ the Voyager name
It took 35 years to make the leap, but a plucky little spacecraft has gone where none have gone before; beyond the bounds of the solar system and into the black between stars. Voyager 1 is our first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Jellyfish on the Move
NASA/ESA Hubble/CXC A jellyfish, blue tendrils trailing, speeds across this Hubble image of galaxy ESO 137-001. What shapes or stories do you see? Leave a note below. Intense blue streaks trail ESO...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Squid in the Darkness
NASA/ESA Hubble A blue and gold squid-shaped galaxy glitters with other galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. StarryCritters is all about seeing patterns in the stars. ESO...
View Article
