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Nebulae

<< 12/12 < Closer view of the leftmost "pillar" of interstellar hydrogen gas and dust in M16, the Eagle Nebula This eerie, dark structure, resembling an imaginary sea serpent's head, is a column of cool molecular hydrogen gas (two atoms of hydrogen in each molecule) and dust that is an incubator for new stars. The stars are embedded inside finger-like protrusions extending from the top of the nebula. Each "fingertip" is somewhat larger than our own solar system. Credit: Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), and NASA

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