The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble’s longest-running optical camera, ...

The Cat's Eye Nebula, officially known as NGC 6543, is not only among the most intricate planetary nebulae observed in space, ...

NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. This Hubble image reveals a wealth of structure, including a spherical outer halo that is expanding ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope blasted into orbit on April 24, 1990, making it 34 years old. For this birthday, the Hubble team has turned the aging observatory toward the Little Dumbbell Nebula, also ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55. ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive ...

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI/Cover Images To commemorate the 35th anniversary of its launch into orbit, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been trained on a series of visually striking cosmic targets, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Vast clouds of ionized atoms ejected from a dying star form the painting-like visage of a ...

Images of two iconic planetary nebulae taken by the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing new information about how they develop their dramatic features. Researchers from Rochester Institute of ...

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