This Hubble mosaic is the highest resolution image ever made of the entire Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 light-years away. These opaque, dark knots of gas and dust called "Bok globules" are ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

NASA often shares images of nebulae, explaining the intricate complexities of the cosmos. This Hubble's image of gas and dust in the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula extends a better ...

The universe is vast, mysterious, and breathtakingly beautiful. From the glow of distant galaxies to the quiet elegance of ...

Planetary nebulae are clouds of gas that are expelled by stars at the end of their lives - the Sun will also form one about five billion years from now. The ejected clouds are ‘ghosts’ of their dying ...