The clue to the central star's nomadic past comes in the form of a distinct bow shock observed adjacent to the star — a telltale sign the star is plowing through the nebula, compressing gas and dust ...

A dazzling new image from the European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope in Chile has revealed an unusual cosmic tale unfolding ... features the vivid red nebula Sh2-46 — also known ...

NGC 7635, also called the Bubble Nebula, is an emission nebula lit from within by the hot, young star SAO 20575.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A 3D visualization of the Cosmic Cliffs, based on James Webb Space Telescope data, reveals the structure of a star-forming region in the nebula Gum 31, part of ...

Michael John Griffin/Warren Keller The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) glows in Cygnus at magnitude 4 at a distance of 2,600 ...

Photoshop CS6 tutorial showing how to make a colorful nebula and celestial sphere in deep space. PSD file: <a href=" Planet ...

“That’s why we call it a ‘cosmic joust,’” said Pasquier Noterdaeme, a researcher for the Paris Institute of Astrophysics and the French-Chilean Laboratory for Astronomy in Chile who was ...

High at northern latitudes lies a spectacular and unique nebula you should observe if you’re not already familiar with it. The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) is an odd reflection nebula in Cepheus ...

In the cosmic joust, new reserves of fuel are brought within reach of the black hole powering the quasar. As the black hole feeds, the quasar can continue its damaging attack.

The end of the cosmic dark ages and the start of cosmic dawn mark the time when the universe as we know it began to take shape. We can’t see back to this cosmic era. But by detecting faint ...

Johann Strauss’ “Blue Danube” will be beamed into space this month to commemorate the Austrian composer’s 200th birthday — and to correct the “cosmic mistake” of being left out of ...