Appropriately named, Helene is a Trojan moon, so called because it orbits at a Lagrange point. Two protostars are hidden in a single pixel near the center of a striking hourglass-shaped nebula in this ...

M57, also known as the Ring Nebula, is a planetary nebula—the glowing remnant of a sun-like star. At its center lies a tiny white dot, the star’s hot core, known as a white dwarf.

A stunning cosmic hourglass has formed from a double-star system’s birth. The James Webb Space Telescope captured this breathtaking sight in vivid detail. Called Lynds 483, this nebula is 650 ...

JWST unveils LBN 483, a nebula shaped by young binary stars Stellar outflows form an intricate hourglass structure Magnetic fields influence the nebula’s evolving shape ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured unprecedented details of LBN 483, a nebula located 650 light-years away. The striking hourglass-shaped structure results from outflows driven by a ...

The top 12 trends of the fall 2025 season—which range from cozy to cubist and are designed for work and play—somehow manage to navigate smoothly through a time as distorted as a reflection in ...

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

has formed a cosmic hourglass — and the James Webb Space Telescope imaged the scene in splendiferous detail. How does the birth of stars form a nebula like this? Well, stars grow by accreting ...

This collage of images from the Flame Nebula shows a near-infrared view from the Hubble Space Telescope on the left, with infrared views from the James Webb Space Telescope in the insets.

You can make the case that none of them are in true color. But then again, if they were, they’d be unable to reveal the true nature of objects emitting or reflecting various kinds of otherwise ...

Located 650 light-years from Earth (1 light-year is the distance light travels in one year, approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers), this nebula resembles an hourglass. The two protostars at the ...