Zoom into Overlapping Galaxies: NGC 3314 | Hubble

Almost 50 million light-years away, the majestic galaxy NGC 2841 resides. Explore the galaxy’s dark lanes of dust and spectacular disk of stars. NGC 2841 is within the constellation Ursa Major. Video credits: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: M. Crockett and S. Kaviraj (Oxford University, UK), R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), B. Whitmore (STScI), and the WFC3 Scientific Oversight Committee Music credit: “Kaleidoscope,” CRZYSND, Garrett We

The jewel-bright spiral galaxy NGC 4689 shines from 54 million light-years away. It resides within the constellation Coma Berenices, named after Queen Berenice II of Egypt. The Latin word ‘coma’ references her hair, which means that NGC 4689 lies in the hair of a queen. According to legend, the queen's court astronomer thought that a missing lock of her hair had been placed among the stars by the gods: hence the name of the constellation, Coma Berenices. Music credit: “Traces” by Baxter Jervis [

NGC 3582 - Read more below 📖👇 This nebula is located approximately 7,500 light-years away from us and forms part of a much larger star-forming region known as the Carina OB1 Association. With the dimensions comparable to other large nebulae, NGC 3582 is a place where new stars are born. It's known for its bizarre structures known as cometary globules, which are dense clouds of gas and dust shaped by intense radiation from nearby young stars. These globules are considered star-forming regions t

The nebula NGC 5189 is beautiful – but what exactly is it? This is a planetary nebula, which doesn’t actually have anything to do with planets. Astronomers saw this type of nebula in earlier telescopes and found many indistinct, cloudy forms. They called such objects “nebulae” – Latin for clouds. Some of the fuzzy objects resembled planets, and these earned the name planetary nebulae. Planetary nebulae like the one in this Reel represent the final stage in a medium-sized star’s life. While consu

Nebulas NGC 2014 and NGC 2020