This unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The Heart Of A Dying Star This image features Henize 3-401, a young planetary nebula about 10,000 light-years away in Carina. It's among the most elongated known, with long cylindrical outflows and ...

The Cat's Eye Nebula is made up of 11 rings of gas, giving it one of the most complex structures of any known nebula. It was one of the first planetary nebulas ever discovered. 7. Omega Nebula ...

Powered by the largest digital camera ever built, Rubin Observatory has taken its first images—millions of stars and galaxies ...

Planetary nebula NGC 7008, located in the constellation Cygnus, is readily observable by amateur astronomers due to its high surface brightness and relatively large size. Discovered by William ...

Recently two new observatories — NASA's SPHEREx and the Vera C Rubin Observatory — released their first images.

This is just the second time scientists have observed such a disk around a star at the end of its life. And though they can't actually see baby planets in their nebula images, they are now ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the most detailed view of planetary nebula NGC 1514 using mid-infrared imaging.

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 ...

First images from the world's largest digital camera at the Rubin Observatory reveal vibrant nebulas and distant galaxies.