![Flaming Star Nebula](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/FlamingStar2Proc.png)
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![Markarian's Chain of Galaxies](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MarkarianTake2-768x641.png)
Markarian’s Chain
This is actually only a portion of a string of galaxies that make up the Virgo supercluster of galaxies, around 50-60 million light-years away.
![The Eagle Nebula](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/EagleNaturalProcAutoColor-768x1020.png)
The Eagle Nebula
A wider shot of the Eagle Nebula, with the famous “pillars of creation” in its center.
![The Bubble Nebula](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bubble2-768x570.png)
The Bubble Nebula
11 light years away, the “bubble” itself is formed from the solar wind of the large, hot star inside of it. Imaged with narrowband filters.
![The Sun is Looking Angry Today](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sun-sharp-proc-768x665.png)
The Sun is Looking Angry Today
That massive sunspot group rivals the size of the one that triggered the Carrington Event in 1859. So far it has kicked off some large coronal mass ejections heading our way, but fortunately nothing on that scale. Let’s hope we just get some pretty auroras from this, and nothing more damaging!
![Leo Triplet](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LeoTrioProc2-768x643.png)
The Leo Trio of Galaxies
The three galaxies in the constellation Leo (M65, M66, and NGC3628) are about 31 million light-years away. Each one is being seen from a different angle; the one viewed edge-on is also known as the “Hamburger Galaxy”. Each has been interacting with each other, and distorting the shapes of these galaxies through the complex dance…
![Here’s our solar system in a few billion years.](https://www.boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/M27-768x768.png)
Here’s our solar system in a few billion years.
This is M27, the “Dumbbell Nebula,” about 1600 light-years away. It’s what’s called a planetary nebula – not because it has anything to do with planets, but because early observers confused them for planets. In reality it’s far more interesting. This is what’s left over when a medium-sized star runs out of Hydrogen to fuse,…