Emission nebulae are glowing, spread-out clouds of ionized gas that shine with their own light. In this image of NGC 2313, the bright star V565 at the center lights up a silvery curtain of gas and ...

The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation ... These opaque, dark knots of gas and dust called "Bok globules" are absorbing light in the center of the nearby emission nebula and star-forming ...

Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 ...

Spaceship flies near red nebula in space. Billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Beautiful clusters of stars in space Sun in outer space Sun spinning in deep ...

The glowing pink nebula and snakelike dark clouds are sculpted by the luminous stars in the cluster. Hubble's exquisite sensitivity and resolution were instrumental in uncovering the secrets of ...