What energizes the Heart Nebula?

What created this unusual explosion?

Is there a waterfall in Orion? No, but some of the dust in M43 appears similar to a waterfall on Earth.

There's even a California in space. Drifting through the Orion Arm of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, this cosmic cloud by chance echoes the outline of California on the west coast of the United States.

Have you ever seen a sun pillar? When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or setting, falling ice crystals can reflect sunlight and create an unusual column of light.

Does it rain on the Sun? Yes, although what falls is not water but extremely hot plasma.

This might look like a double-bladed lightsaber, but these two cosmic jets actually beam outward from a newborn star in a galaxy near you