The brilliant blue-white star lighting up the red nebula Sh2-46 hints at a dynamic and possibly fleeting encounter that could ...

When the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were released in 2022, one in particular became instantly iconic: a striking orange and blue view of the Carina Nebula, affectionately known ...

The new 3D visualization also highlights other fascinating features within the Cosmic Cliffs. Bright yellow streaks and curved arcs are visible, representing powerful outflows from young stars that ...

The iconic "Cosmic Cliffs" image captured by the Webb Telescope was turned into a 3D fly-through, revealing a stunning stellar nursery.

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 ...

The resulting cosmic clouds — named a "planetary nebula" only because through the first telescopes these distant and roundish objects looked like planets — can be brilliant spectacles ...

A newly reprocessed image released by NASA on April 18, 2025, showcases a towering 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust within the Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16. This striking ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has taken the most detailed image of planetary nebula NGC 1514 to date thanks to its unique mid-infrared observations. Webb shows its rings as “fuzzy ...