The Orion Nebula, a nursery for new stars, is showcased in this breathtaking image, with young stars and protostars shining ...

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 ...

a celestial wonder situated approximately 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Known for housing one of the hottest stars in the universe, the nebula showcases temperatures ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

Rare and massive Wolf-RAY stars are energetic and hot, gradually collapsing right before the telescope. The luminous gas masses are generally over 30 times heavier than Earth and are expelled by ...

Set against a backdrop littered with tiny pinpricks of light glint a few, brighter stars, this is NGC 1858, a 10-million-year ...

The Godzilla Nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Sagittarius that was imaged by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The star cluster Pismis 24 lies within the much larger emission ...