NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Week showcases stunning images, from the vibrant Butterfly Nebula to the iconic Horsehead ...

The Horsehead Nebula is one of the sky’s best known. It sits in the Orion constellation, glowing near other star fields.

Watch as we process the iconic Horsehead Nebula using the Hubble Palette (SHO) in PixInsight. Learn key tips, techniques, and color balancing tricks to make your narrowband data shine! #PixInsight ...

'Published ... on the occasion of the touring exhibition In Visible Light : Photography and Classification in Art, Science and The Everyday, 16 March - 6 July 1997 ...

A composite image of X-ray, radio, and optical light data from the "cosmic hand" nebula leaves open questions about the interaction that created it. Credit: NASA / CXC / S. Zhang et al / ATNF / CSIRO ...

Galaxies, Auroras, the Moon, our Sun, planets and more – the Royal Observatory Greenwich reveals the winners of the ZWO ...

The cosmic butterfly has also produced plenty of PAHs – large hydrocarbon molecules that could play a key early role in prebiotic chemistry. Cosmic dust particles that give birth to planets around ...

As the sun continues the tumultuous peak of its 11-year cycle, more instances of aurora borealis have been expected. The most recent instance was earlier in August when auroras lit up the skies in 18 ...

Polaritons are formed by the strong coupling of light and matter. When they mix together, all the matter is excited simultaneously—referred to as delocalization. This delocalization has the unique ...