Discovered in the 18th century, the Helix Nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs ...

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this Hubble Space Telescope image, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image.

The rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the nebula is the dynamo powering ... ancestors were just beginning to farm. This Hubble image reveals the true shape of MyCn18 to ...

Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. It is classified as a planetary nebula, an ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula ... The closest nebula to Earth is the Helix Nebula, which is about 700 light years away from Earth. Space telescopes are invaluable for studying ...

Only a small portion of the nebula is visible in the Hubble Space Telescope image shared Friday. Zoom in on the photo on the NASA site for a closer look. The new image is an updated look at the ...

This color-composite image of the Helix Nebula was created from images obtained using the the Wide Field Imager, an astronomical camera attached to the 2.2 meter Max-Planck Society/ESO telescope ...