NASA JPL: NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured a huge mosaic of two bubbling clouds in space, known as the Heart and Soul nebulae. The space telescope, […] ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the famous Trifid and Lagoon nebulas illuminated from within by radiation cast out by generations of energetic young stars.

The beautiful Heart Nebula, also known as IC 1805, is a bright, red emission nebula with a shape that resembles a human heart. This cosmic cloud glows red because it's filled with ionized hydrogen ...

Now we have the chance to fly through the heart of one of the Milky Way's most scenic creations, the Orion Nebula. A Hubble video released Thursday takes a dramatic 3D dive through the nebula's ...

NASA's WISE infrared space observatory mission team released this mosaic of the Soul Nebula (a.k.a. the Embryo Nebula, IC 1848, or W5) on April 2, 2010.

The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, is 650 light-years from Earth, according to NASA.It's the remains of a dying star, which is gradually shedding its outer gas layers into the ...

The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, is 650 million light-years from Earth, according to NASA.It's the remains of a dying star, which is gradually shedding its outer gas layers into the ...

Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most historic and intensively studied remnants of a supernova, an exploding star.

NASA evokes the imagery of Poe's short story about a murderer undone by the sound of his victim's heart. The Crab Nebula resides 6,500 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, but can be seen ...

This nebula, also known as Messier 20 and NGC 6514, lies within our own Milky Way Galaxy about 9,000 light-years (2,700 parsecs) from Earth, in the constellation Sagittarius.

nasa The X-rays reveal hundreds of young stars clustered in the center of the image and additional fainter clusters on either side. In red, the young stars look like a path of rose petals through ...