Crab Nebula: Located 6,500 light-years away from Earh, it is the highest-resolution image ever taken by the Hubble Space ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.
SOFIA captures the magnetic field lines shaping the Keyhole Nebula, revealing hidden forces at play in the Carina Nebula.
Hubble’s latest image of the Tarantula Nebula highlights cosmic dust, interstellar gas, and active star formation.
The Lagoon Nebula, first recorded by Giovanni Battista Hodierna ... stunning examples of the many turbulent stellar nurseries captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope during its 30-year mission ...
In fact, scientists didn't really expect that stars would even be able to still form at all in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, an image of which the James Webb Telescope recently captured in ...