I love this stuff. AOL has a feature on the best images of space taken this year by the Hubble Telescope.

“In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope’s 20th year in space, NASA released a new photo of the Carina Nebula, one of the largest star-birthing regions astronomers have seen. The pillar of hydrogen gas laced with dust is three light-years tall.” (web photo and caption courtesy of NASA).