The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting for "failed stars" to better understand how brown ...

Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...

Hubble's image of NGC 2371/2 in the Gemini constellation reveals a dark, symmetrical lobed structure, which astronomers initially mistook for two separate objects. A planetary nebula in Sagittarius, ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. This Hubble ...

The universe is vast, mysterious, and breathtakingly beautiful. From the glow of distant galaxies to the quiet elegance of ...

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

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

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

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has probed deep into the dusty shroud of a young nebula alight with star ... The JWST hunted for free-floating planetary mass bodies that have masses of ...