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 ...
This stunning image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation where the two small planetary nebulas can be ...
Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.
The other small bright bluish ball visible to the left of center in the image is known as Abell 6. This small planetary nebula, like others like it, was formed by gases in the outer layers of a ...
Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.
The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.
Euclid, a European space telescope, just captured 26 million galaxies to reveal the secrets of the dark universe.
The Necklace Nebula, formed by two doomed stars, glows with bright gas clumps like a cosmic diamond ring. Located 15,000 light-years away in the Sagitta constellation, it shines as a stunning ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been hunting for brown dwarfs for decades. Previously, Hubble identified possible candidates in a region of the Flame Nebula called the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
The bright orange arc is a shock ... Webb Space Telescope data — James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of 'failed stars' in the Flame Nebula By studying the shape of LBN 483 ...
This near-infrared image of a portion of the Flame Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope highlights three low-mass objects, seen in the insets to the right. These objects, which are much ...