Armed with the world's largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will take night-sky images that ...

This image features Henize 3-401, a young planetary nebula about 10,000 light-years away in Carina. It's among the most elongated known, with long cylindrical outflows and thread-like structures.

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

Globular cluster M15 hides within it a planetary nebula, Pease 1. Observers with large scopes and steady skies can find it.

Discover NGC 7008, the Fetus Nebula—an easy, bright planetary nebula in Cygnus perfect for small telescopes.

The smoking gun of the creation of lithium in explosions on white dwarf stars may have been found, in a spike of gamma rays ...

Months after arriving in orbit thanks to a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, NASA’s newest space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the most detailed view of planetary nebula NGC 1514 using mid-infrared imaging.

With no Moon in the sky, we're centering on M15, which stands 60° high in the southern sky around 3:30 A.M. local daylight time. (Nighttime observers can also catch this object, though it rises ...

World’s most powerful digital camera snaps its first images, revealing the universe in stunning detail and launching a new era of discovery.

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...