“Inside the purple and ... center of the nebula is a dense cluster of the biggest stars that astronomers have discovered, ranging between one to two million years old, the space agency stated.

This cluster of stellar bodies may be formally known as the "Necklace Nebula," but to me it just looks like a peaceful, lush oasis hanging out in deep space. The interaction of two doomed stars ...

optical data from Hubble (purple), and infrared data from Spitzer (pink). Crab Nebula has been constantly observed by Chandra telescope which was launched into space in 1999. The Crab Nebula is ...

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 ...

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) detected the magnetic field streamlines shown over this image of the Keyhole Nebula, part of the larger Carina Nebula, captued by the ...

The lower lobe has a different visual appearance, with denser purple material ... gaps in the nebula. Studying star formation through dust and gas in Lynds 483 The James Webb Space Telescope's ...