The Eagle Nebula, or Messier 16, is an area of active star formation about 5,700 light-years from Earth and is home to the iconic Pillars of Creation.

The Eagle Nebula (M16) hatched from a star that exploded some 5.5 million years ago. Since then, it has evolved into a productive region of star formation, giving birth to more than 8,000 new stars.

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new image of one of its most famous targets, the Eagle Nebula.

The Hubble Space Telescope has re-imaged the Eagle Nebula, 20 years after it did so to mark 15 years of service. This time, astronomers have used new processing techniques to draw out additional ...

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Gracie the Bald Eagle mother in South Carolina recently laid two eggs on the Hilton Head Island Land Trust’s newly-installed second Eagle Cam.

There are few more iconic images from the Hubble Space Telescope than this one. A colossal pillar of gas and dust towering 9.5 light-years tall, this spectacular structure in the Eagle Nebula ...

Eagle Cam video livestream by the Hilton Head Island Land Trust, captured the delivery of two bald eagle eggs in an island nest. They should hatch in 35 days.

MUNISING, MI -- If you‘ve ever done a double take and wondered if a bald eagle with a brown head is the same bird, the answer is yes. Brown-headed bald eagles are not in disguise, they’re ...

Rising 9.5 light-years high and 7,000 light-years away, this stunning pillar is captured in Hubble’s newly processed image ...