The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements ...

"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ...

This Hubble mosaic is the highest resolution image ever made of the entire Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 light-years away. These opaque, dark knots of gas and dust called "Bok globules" are ...

The star which created the nebula was huge, at 20 times the mass of the sun, and its explosion was so epic it would have been brighter than Venus in the sky over Earth, despite being located 2,400 ...

A stunning Hubble image showcases a spiral galaxy seemingly intertwined with a nearby star—but looks can be deceiving! This ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the ...

Hubble’s latest image reveals the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy visible from Earth without a telescope.

Young stars enveloped in a transformative cocoon of gas shine brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, ...

It is showing only a tiny fraction of the Veil Nebula, which is roughly as wide as six of Earth’s moons placed side by side. Hubble has previously snapped images of this nebula in 1994 ...

Scientists have discovered a potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt, the Altjira system, challenging planet-formation theories.