The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the spiral galaxy NGC 2835 before, but this image incorporates additional H-alpha emission data. The regions bright in H-alpha emission can be seen blooming in pink along NGC 2835’s spiral arms! 🌸 Astronomers are interested in H-alpha light because it signals the presence of several different types of nebulae that arise during different stages of a star’s life: from newborn stars to supernova remnants. Read more here: https://ow.ly/uiWR50WLkgv 📷

Evaporating Peaks: Pillars in The Monkey Head Nebula | Hubble FriendsofNASA.org: The Monkey Head Nebula (also known as NGC 2174) is a star-forming region in which bright, newborn stars near the center of the nebula illuminate the surrounding gas with energetic radiation. This radiation, along with strong stellar winds, erodes away the lower density gas. Pockets of higher density gas resist this erosion, and form pillars and peaks along the inner edge of the roughly circular cloud. This video sho

Animal lover? Here are NASA's Hubble Space Telescope views of nebulas, galaxies and other phenomena named for animals across the celestial universe. See these and more by following the telescope on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasahubble/ | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration