The Boomerang Nebula holds the title as the coldest place in the universe as the result of a 1995 study by astronomers ...

Although NGC 1511 is striking in appearance, it is not the kind of galaxy most would hope to live beside. Featured in this ...

It's been one Neptunian year—or about 165 Earth years—since astronomers first observed the most distant planet from the sun.

Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...

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

A radio signal? That would have to confirm the object is technlogical in nature, wouldn't it? The thing is, this isn't a ...

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Footage from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope that celebrates 35 years in space. Images of Mars, planetary nebula NGC 2899, Rosette Nebula and galaxy NGC 5335 to celebrate. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space ...

When you think about Earth’s building blocks, your mind probably doesn’t jump to a giant space butterfly 3,400 light-years away. But scientists studying one of the galaxy’s most dramatic nebulae – the ...

CARDIFF, Wales — Astronomers just got a front-row seat to one of the universe’s strangest chemistry experiments, and it’s happening inside the death throes of a star. Using the James Webb Space ...