- This famous picture of the Eagle Nebula captures where new stars are born – inside these large clouds of hydrogen gas.
- Several examples of proto-planetary disks in the Orion Nebula, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
- The most important diagram in all of astronomy relates the color and luminosity of stars.
- The Ring Nebula is one of the greatest examples of a planetary nebula in the night sky.
- The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant of a star that exploded in the year 1054 AD.