Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. It is classified as a planetary nebula, an ...

This one-million-year-old star-forming region contains thousands of new stars and hundreds of planetary mass objects floating freely in the nebula, not orbiting stars. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

If you plan to stay up to watch the total lunar eclipse on Thursday, you won't need to do much to prepare like for a solar ...

Are they stars? Are they planets? Or are they neither? Some rogue planetary mass objects that wander the cosmos alone could ...

Digital painting, tunnel, wormhole, 3D rendering Space background. Flying through colorful nebula in blue color with stars and sun. Digital painting, tunnel, wormhole, 3D rendering cluster nebula ...

With even a small telescope or a decent pair of binoculars, you’ll see that the giant cloud of gas surrounds a cluster of stars within it. Orion Nebula (Mike Lynch) If your optics are powerful ...

For over two decades, astronomers have been perplexed by the existence of planetary-mass objects, or PMOs, celestial bodies ...

Star clusters are formed when gravity pulls young stars together, forcing them to orbit each other. A star cluster can ...

Deep in space, mysterious wanderers roam freely — of planetary masses yet not hosted by stars. These celestial nomads, called ...

Hubble's lens unveils the universe's most breathtaking nebulas, swirling clouds of stardust and light, captured in stunning ...

Orion Nebula: Located constellation Orion that's visible to the naked eye. It's a stellar nursery where thousands of stars ...