Planetary Nebulae—the fiery structures spun from medium-mass stars as they die—come in a variety of different forms. Some are symmetrical, some are spherical, some are simple, while others are complex ...

The Blue Ring Nebula Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Seibert (Carnegie Institution for Science)/K. Hoadley (Caltech)/GALEX Team In 2004, astronomers ...

Last night a star exploded. Probably not very close to us, but it is safe to say that somewhere in the universe a supernova went off and flung most of its mass back out into the interstellar medium.

Amazing glowing nebulae resembling cosmic candy take center stage in a group of new photos unveiled Wednesday by the science team behind NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The pictures are part of a ...

A gorgeous photo of a star-forming region of space called the Carina Nebula marks the inauguration of a new telescope — the largest instrument in the world devoted to surveying the sky in visible ...

Amazing glowing nebulas resembling cosmic candy take center stage in a group of new photos unveiled today (Oct 10) by the science team behind NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The pictures are part of ...

(CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured wispy new details of cosmic gas and dust within the Crab Nebula, revealing insights into what happens in the aftermath of a massive star explosion.

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“I first saw the Ring Nebula as a kid through just a small telescope,” Western University astrophysicist and member of the JWST Ring Nebula Imaging Project Jan Cami said in a statement. “I would never ...

Thousands of young stars come to the fore in in this beautiful new image from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The previously unseen stars were born around 1,800 light-years from Earth in a region called ...

Planetary nebulae are colorful clouds of gas from dying stars. Brighter nebulae show more color due to intense light. Many planetary nebulae are visible even from suburban areas. Larger telescopes ...

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