7 unseen images of Spider Nebula captured by NASA
NASA has images of both the Spider Nebula and the Red Spider Nebula. The Spider Nebula is a star-forming region, while the Red Spider Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. The ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
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Yale astronomy graduate student writes a Martian adventure children’s book
Fifth-year Yale astronomy doctoral candidate Emma Louden GRD ’26 co-authored an illustrated children’s story to inspire the ...
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JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...
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Earth's missing elements were lost in violent collisions during formation
New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary ...
Crab Nebula: NASA's Chandra X-Ray Laboratory released this composite of the Crab Nebula with data from Chandra (blue and white), Hubble (purple), and Spitzer (pink).
Nebulae are gigantic clouds of gas and dust that exist in space between stars. Check out 7 mesmerizing photos of this cosmic ...
This massive ‘bouquet’ is actually where stars have been born for 25 million years
A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...
Prawn nebula: A massive stellar nursery located in the constellation Scorpius, about 6,000 light years from Earth. the prawn nebula stretches 250 light-years and covers …
From vivid nebulae to a comprehensive view of our evolving universe, check out these 7 amazing deep-field images captured by ...
Skywatch: A stellar baby factory
The Orion Nebula is one of the best “must-see” attractions in the sky, and it’s even more impressive once you get to know ...
8 jawdropping images of Eagle Nebula captured by NASA
The Eagle Nebula is a young open star cluster situated 7,000 light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Serpens. The aptly named Pillars of Creation, showcased in this breathtaking Hubble image ...
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Star cluster 9.4 quadrillion miles from Earth gives universe cosmic Valentine’s Day ‘rose’
Its cosmic corsage tells a story of death and rebirth. Within a few million years — a blink of an eye in the universe’s life — the gas and dust will either become budding young stars and planetary ...
Inside Gum 41: A Dazzling Nebula With a Doomed Destiny
Gum 41, a radiant nebula in the southern sky, glows due to powerful radiation from a pair of massive stars at its core. This ...