The Crab Nebula, one of the most studied remnants of a supernova explosion observed nearly a thousand years ago, has been ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a mesmerizing image of NGC 6369, a planetary nebula known as the “Little Ghost ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an uncommon sight—the death of a low-mass star—in this image of the Calabash Nebula ...

Almost a thousand years since its formation, the Crab Nebula sports complex shells of plasma, filled with tendrils, filaments ...

This image of the Horsehead Nebula from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope focuses on a portion of the horse's "mane" that is about 0.8 light-years in width. It was taken with Webb's NIRCam ...

Part of the larger Gum 55 nebula, the Dark Wolf Nebula, looks suitably blood-curdling in time for Halloween. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070), located in the constellation Cygnus, are prominent emission nebulae. These nebulae are separated by a dark dust lane and are ...

The James Webb Space Telescope took an extreme close-up image of the famouse Horsehead Nebula. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / K. Misselt / A. Abergel A favorite celestial target is getting the James Webb ...

The fourth day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a cluster of powerful infant stars blasting a ...

Astronomy magazine's Editor Emeritus, Dave Eicher, encourages viewers to observe Messier object 27 (M27). M27, commonly known as the Dumbbell Nebula, is the subject of the presented astronomical ...

On winter evenings, Orion is one of the easiest star patterns to find in the sky. Its identifying feature is a row of three stars which make up the belt of the legendary hunter, Orion. Above the belt ...

Images of two iconic planetary nebulae taken by the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing new information about how they develop their dramatic features. Researchers from Rochester Institute of ...