The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope. The nebula was named after its resemblance to a dumbbell as seen in visible ...

Blossoming like a giant cosmic rose, Messier 17 is a stellar factory where new stars are born. The nebula, which goes by many names including Omega Nebula, the Swan Nebula, the Checkmark Nebula, the ...

This new space wallpaper of the reflection nebula Messier 78 was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This colour picture ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Bright beads of cosmic dust highlight a shimmering nebula in a new photo of a region just north ...

New images show the Lagoon Nebula, classified as Messier 8, located just 5,000 light-years from Earth, as teeming with star formation activity. The mix of gas and dust has made the nebula a perfect ...

The ultra-powerful James Webb Space Telescope has done it again, this time producing ethereal imagery of a star's death. A team of astronomers at the University of Manchester used the telescope to ...

Things have come a long way since the late '60s re-release of 2001: A Space Odyssey promised a hippy audience 'the ultimate trip'. Quite what they would have made of an image as psychedelic and, more ...

BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 - This picture taken on September 25th, 2019 shows The Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976, in the Milky Way.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / ...

This new image of the rose-colored star forming region Messier 17 was captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. It is one of the ...