The Southern Crab Nebula — Hubble's 29th anniversary image. A binary star system shines at its center. One of the stars routinely erupts and flings off material off that forms the nebula. NASA, ESA, ...

This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 29th anniversary in space. The nebula, created by a binary star system, is ...

A growing remnant of a star's supernova explosion is known as the Crab Nebula. This terrible event was documented by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1054 AD, almost a millennium ago, and probably ...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, a beautifully captured example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scutum (the ...

There’s something weird going on with the Butterfly Nebula. The star (or stars) at the center of the nebula seem to blast powerful jets of energy out into space in random directions, creating chaos in ...

An authentic NASA photograph taken by the Hubble Telescope shows the "Serenity Nebula." Social media posts featuring the image appeared to have rotated it before uploading. Many comments under the ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning image of the Tarantula Nebula, shedding new light on the brightest region of starbirth in our galactic neighborhood. Also known as 30 Doradus, the ...

A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust sculpted by intense stellar radiation. The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, is located about 6,500 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is still trucking along more than 30 years after its launch, observing the universe and sending home images for us to marvel at. This week, NASA and ESA highlighted an image ...