The nebula is classified as both a reflection nebula, as it is reflecting the light of a nearby star — and as an emission nebula, as it releases radiation.

This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

Learn more about how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture more of our stunning universe.

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

This type of nebula is called a reflection nebula, because its internal light is scattered or reflected. Credit: Davide De Martin/ESA/ESO/NASA. Image Processing: Photoshop FITS Liberator ...

NGC 7129 is a reflection nebula (Image Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona) As we continue to break new ground in the field of cosmology, the importance of carefully ...

This is a reflection nebula in that it consists largely of clouds of interstellar gas that reflect the light of nearby stars. The nebula is relatively close to Earth, as celestial objects go, at ...

The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant nebula. Blue in the filaments in the outer part of the nebula represents neutral oxygen, green is singly-ionized sulfur, and red indicates doubly-ionized oxygen.

The glowing nebula IC 2220, nicknamed the Toby Jug Nebula owing to its resemblance to an old English drinking vessel, is a rare astronomical find. This reflection nebula, located about 1200 light ...

The dazzling central region of this sprawling cloud reveals a pair of infant stars bursting from their natal cocoons of dust and gas to illuminate the reflection nebula known as Bernes 149.