The Cat's Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543, is a visual "fossil record" of the dynamics and late evolution of a dying star. The Horsehead Nebula is a dark cloud of dust and gas in the constellation ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents a visually striking collection of interstellar gas and dust. The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars ...

This is a photo of a spider and a fly nebula taken for a total of 20 hours at the end of January in Berkshire, England. The ...

The soft light from a nebula may also come from the ambient radiation released by the nebular cloud itself. This type of cosmic cloud is known as an emission nebula. One of the most famous is the ...

An international team of astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart of the “spectacular” Ant Nebula. The extremely ...

Stunning NASA Deep Space Images ...

Its intrinsic structure has been debated for as long as it has been observed. The team determined the nebula to have an ellipsoidal shape using Submillimeter Array (SMA) radio-wavelength mapping of ...

the team has determined that the nebula has an ellipsoidal structure, resolving the longstanding debate. By mapping the emission from carbon monoxide (CO) gas, the observations provided valuable ...