Monday, September 29, 2008

Some greatest Images shook the astroworld


photo: Star-Birth Clouds - M16


photo: Saturn's satellite Phoebe


photo: Bow shock near Young Star in the Orion Nebula


photo: Ant Nebula


photo:Hot Gas Bubble Eject by Binary Star XZ Tauri


photo: (Nebula IC 2944 )Dark clouds of dust, called globules, are silhouetted against nearby, bright stars. Little is known about the globules, except that they are generlly associated with areas of star formation.


photo:Alfa Centaurus - Courtesy Nasa/JPL


photo: Cone Nebula - NGC 2264


photo: This detailed picture of the Helix Nebula shows a fine web of filaments, like the spokes of a bicycle, embedded in the colorful red and blue gas ring around this dying star. The Helix Nebula is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth, only 650 light years away.


photo: Vela Pulsar X Ray - Courtesy Nasa/JPL