As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...
Discovered in the 18th century, the Helix Nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs ...
A nebula is a giant cloud of dust and gas in space. It is generally the location of dying stars and often contains the remnants of their explosion, also known as a supernova. Many nebulae are ...
This cluster of stellar bodies may be formally known as the "Necklace Nebula," but ... in the middle of the green-hued inner ring (which is also the bit that gives me space oasis vibes here).
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed enigmatic rings in the planetary nebula NGC 1514, ...
Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula. A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful ...
The rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the nebula is the dynamo powering ... nitrogen (represented by red), hydrogen (green), and doubly ionized oxygen (blue).
Compare this to what the James Webb Space Telescope saw in 2022. Some early views of 30 Dor highlight the nebula's spidery spindles ... Look for the blue and green parts of the image to find ...