The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293/Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula located approximately 655 light-years distant in the constellation Aquarius, first documented by Karl Ludwig Harding in 1827. Despite an ...

One of your nighttime sky targets for the next month or so should be the Helix Nebula in the constellation Aquarius the Water-bearer. Some observers call it the Sunflower Nebula, but you won't hear ...

The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning view of NGC 6302, highlighting the nebula’s intricate structure and dynamic gas flows. Reading time 2 minutes This newly released image from ...

A nebula takes on the appearance of a rampaging lion in a new deep space vista captured by astrophotographer Ronald Brecher under a near-full moon from his home in Ontario, Canada, in October earlier ...

The Gemini South telescope is turning 25, and astronomers are celebrating its birthday with a dazzling new image of the Butterfly Nebula. Also cataloged as NGC 6302, this planetary nebula is located ...

A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation's NoirLab released the picture Wednesday. Snapped last month by the ...