In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
On Monday, February 10 at 6:09 p.m, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch ...
This image presents a composite view of the Crab Nebula, a famous supernova remnant within the Milky Way galaxy. This image, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope using its NIRCam ...
Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.
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What Is a Nebula?
After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away ...
The nebulosity of hydrogen gas is revealed with the use of a “Hydrogen-Alpha” filter in an astro image of the Cygnus ...
A century ago, Edwin Hubble first established that this so-called 'spiral nebula' was actually very ... Way -- the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye ...
In just a few weeks, people in Arkansas will have the opportunity to explore some out-of-this-world sights at Hobbs State ...
Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier ...