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

Emission nebula: The Orion Nebula . A diffuse nebula with ongoing star formation, the gas here is hot enough to glow with its own light. (Image credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI)) ...

One of the largest emission nebulae in the far northern sky can be found in IC 1396, a bright glow in Cepheus that contains several complex objects. Among them are the red supergiant star Mu ...

In this way, all emission nebulae are wonderfully weird, as they reveal nature’s artistry across intangible tapestries. But some can be considered weird for other reasons, as we will explore in ...

The stunning Seagull Nebula is so named because its shape suggests a bird with wings spreading out across space. The nebula is massive, spanning 100 light-years across, and was recently shown off ...

A massive cloud of dust and glowing gases speckled with newborn stars in the shape of a seagull shines in a stunning image captured by a telescope in Chile.

An international team of astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart of the "spectacular" Ant Nebula.

A massive cloud of dust and glowing gases speckled with newborn stars in the shape of a seagull shines in a stunning image captured by a telescope in Chile.