ESA/Hubble is continuing the celebrations with a new view of the Eagle Nebula. This vast stellar nursery displays a towering spire of cosmic gas and dust that incorporates new data processing ...

A new Hubble Space Telescope image offers ... are blocking light within the NGC 281 emission nebula, which is a region of star formation. The Orion Nebula showcases various stages of star ...

The Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42 (M42) or NGC 1976, is a bright, diffuse nebula in the constellation Orion, a stellar nursery where new stars are forming, and is the closest major ...

the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is very real. We are seeing vast clouds of ionized atoms and molecules, thrown into space by a dying star. This is a planetary nebula ...

Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo) — NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds "Hubble's exquisite sensitivity and ...

NGC 7293, better known as the Helix nebula, displays its ultraviolet glow courtesy of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). In this false-color image, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space ...

Edwin Hubble shattered the astronomical boundaries of the 1920s by identifying other ... Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s ...

As enormous as this dusty pillar is, it's just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also called Messier 16. The name Messier 16 comes from the French astronomer Charles Messier, a comet hunter ...

A bright star located in the Milky Way appears nestled in the distant galaxy NGC 5530 due to a chance alignment along the Hubble Space Telescope's line of sight.

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located in the Orion Nebula. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: ESA/Webb ...

“Planetary nebulae are the spectacular final display at the end of a giant star’s life,” Hubble astronomers said in a statement ... “Here, red and orange indicate nitrogen molecules, green is hydrogen ...