A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

Greetings, stargazers. Emission nebulae are the subject of many of the most spectacular astrophotographs published in the last decade. Although there are many subcategories of nebulae, they all ...

First, the basics: A nebula is a giant cosmic cloud of gas and dust. The word 'nebula' comes from Latin, meaning "little mist." Before telescopes existed, astronomers considered all such faint ...

Within one of the "toe beans" of the feline footprint exists a subset of "mini toe bean-reminiscent" structures composed of ...

This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

On July 11, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope finished its commissioning and commenced science operations. In the three ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years away.

New images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show young stars forming within a "toe bean" on the Cat's Paw Nebula.

Learn more about how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture more of our stunning universe.

To celebrate its third year of operations, the powerful space telescope has peered into the heart of an empyrean essence of ...

Reflection nebulae are clouds of gas and dust that do not create their own light, but instead shine by reflecting the light from nearby stars.