The cataclysmic explosion that spawned the supernova remnant simultaneously gave rise to a superdense pulsar, which was ...

Hanging below the vast cosmic heart is a knot of dust and gas known informally as the Fishhead Nebula, thanks to its vaguely ...

About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a stunning and slightly eerie nebula. Also known as the ghost of Cassiopeia, IC 63 is being shaped by radiation from a nearby ...

A spectacular new image of the Heart Nebula is captivating astronomy enthusiasts, revealing an energetic star-forming region ...

Most objects in space, such as stars, have a lifecycle stretching over hundreds of thousands of years or more, so it’s rare to see objects in the sky that look significantly different over a short ...

In this artist's conception of Pa 30 Nebula, the odd filaments can be seen shooting away from its core. © W.M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko Somewhere out in deep ...

The brightest stars embedded in nebulae throughout our galaxy pour out a torrent of radiation that eats into vast clouds of hydrogen gas – the raw material for building new stars. This etching process ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

In 1967, the Italian astrophysicist Paolo Maffei, one of the pioneers of infrared astronomy, made an amazing discovery. While scanning images of IC 1805 (the Heart Nebula) in Cassiopeia, he spotted ...

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A photographer captured a stunning picture of the ‘Pacman Nebula’. Jade Warner, 40, took the image of NGC 281 using a Dwarf Lab Three telescope. It took her four hours to take 243 images and she then ...