I took my son to the Rose Center for Earth and Space at New York’s Museum of Natural History. In the Hayden Planetarium, we watched a simulation of the Milky Way bloom above us, while the actor Pedro ...

Astronomers celebrated the release of the first images from the Rubin Observatory — and registered hundreds of its first ...

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

The Vaonis Vespera II is the perfect smart telescope to either start your stargazing adventure or take your existing passion to new heights. While there are ...

The Butterfly Nebula is about 2,500–3,800 light-years away from us. The Stingray Nebula: It is the youngest known planetary nebula, formed by a star rapidly turning into a white dwarf.

10 Beautiful Planetary Nebula Images by NASA’s Hubble Delicate wings of hot gas spew from a dying star, showcasing a stunning planetary nebula 2,500-3,800 light-years away.

The photo zooms in on NGC 1514, a planetary nebula about 1,500 light-years away. The reason that this view is so stunning lies in the detail that Webb's mid-infrared vision allows.

The breathtaking Butterfly Nebula, also known as NGC 6302, is a bipolar planetary nebula located in the Scorpius constellation. The Cat's Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula in the Draco constellation, ...

Today, astronomers recognize NGC 1514 as a large and complex planetary nebula. Located approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth, the nebula’s origins lie in the binary system HD 281679, which is ...

Head outside this week at around 10 p.m. local daylight time and face due east and locate the Ring Nebula for a summertime ...

A team of astronomers has recently captured a stunning image of an unusual pre-planetary nebula, known as IRAS 23166+1655, using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Scientists have studied a planetary nebula in Messier 37, as though it were a cosmic crime scene, to determine how the dead star at its heart lived and died.