This delicate veil of light is a small section of the blast wave from a long-ago supernova. Located about 2,400 light years away in the Northern Cross, the ripple marks the outer edge of the remaining ...

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) recently showcased NGC 6960, better known as the Witch’s Broom Nebula. It lies about 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. This supernova ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has photographed three magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula – the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded some 5-10,000 years ago. The new Hubble images ...

When stars blow up they make beautiful messes. One of the most stunning happened about 10,000 years ago and created the Veil Nebula in the constellation Cygnus the Swan. The Veil lies about 2,100 ...

This image shows a small section of the Veil Nebula, as it was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This section of the outer shell of the famous supernova remnant is in a region known as ...

A telescope in Chile has snapped a stunning new image of a speedy nebula that is named after a writing tool, but has a closer resemblance to a witch's broom, scientists say. Astronomers with the ...

A telescope in Chile has snapped a stunning new image of a speedy nebula that is named after a writing tool, but has a closer resemblance to a witch's broom, scientists say. Astronomers with the ...