Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released a new trove of images capturing the Orion nebula this week—the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was late to launch, but the observatory is making up for lost time. After several years of operation, Webb has captured some truly stunning cosmic vistas, complete ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57. The images, released today by an international team of astronomers ...

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 ...

Since they were first detected over four decades ago, unusually powerful x-ray emissions originating from the site of a dying ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is being tapped to study an asteroid with a one-in-43 chance of colliding with Earth. On the slim chance it hits, experts say the impact could level a city or ...

Compare this to what the James Webb Space Telescope saw in 2022. Some early views of 30 Dor highlight the nebula's spidery spindles of dust and gas filaments. The new image looks like a purplish ...

In this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, "cometary knots" on the Helix Nebula show blue-green heads caused by excitation of their molecular material from shocks or ultraviolet radiation.

From Hubble to the James Webb Space Telescope, this is the latest on the groundbreaking images our greatest observatories capture each day. By Andrew Paul By Laura Baisas By Laura Baisas By Laura ...

Helix Nebula: Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula, which is formed when a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks.