Stunning details of the Pillars of Creation revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope The Pillars of Creation are gigantic mass structures of cool interstellar gas and dust, approximately 6,500 light ...

and the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) high in the sky with a telescope, and you might even spot June Boötids meteors as that minor shower peaks around June 27th each year. Those are plenty of great ...

Famously known as the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 shines by the ionizing ultraviolet radiation of its embedded young stars. This stunning Hubble image maps the chemical elements in a small region of the ...

Nebulae come in different types, such as emission, reflection, and dark nebulae. One of the most well-known and visible examples is the Orion Nebula. NASA uses cutting-edge telescopes and instruments ...

We are staring "right down the barrel of it, which is really quite surprising to me — we're just lucky." One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a ...

Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars ...

After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the Eagle Nebula. For example, this gorgeous 2014 Hubble composite of the ...

Ireland could face EU fines over the state of the lagoon as it is a priority area under the EU Habitats Directive. Botanist Dr Cillian Roden, one of the authors of the study, said the ...

This groundbreaking observation focuses on the Orion Nebula, a colossal star-forming region merely 1,500 light-years from Earth, visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch below Orion’s belt. At the ...

The Oilers won their first Cup and Messier was named playoff MVP for his determined leadership and 26-point performance (8 goals, 18 assists). The Islanders were a dynasty, having won four ...