There is something fishy about this deep-space cosmic object. A powerful telescope in Chile has produced amazing new photos of a giant stellar nursery known as the Prawn Nebula. Shining about 6,000 ...

A new view of the Prawn Nebula shows "cosmic recycling" at work: Glowing clusters of newborn stars illuminate surrounding gas, expelled from an earlier stellar generation, which will eventually form ...

When you look to the stars, you might expect to see a planet, a star, or even the International Space Station, but this week’s Hubble image shows something rather unexpected: A Prawn. The image shows ...

Dominating this image is part of the gigantic nebula Gum 56, illuminated by the hot bright young stars that were born within it. For millions of years, stars have been created out of the gas in this ...

Ever wonder what a nursery for stars looks like? If this image is any indication, it's a beautiful but chaotic place. Taken with the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, ...

Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the wonders of the universe as she is. When she's not daydreaming about flying through space, she's daydreaming ...

This new image, taken from the La Silla Observatory in Chile, spotlights part of the Prawn Nebula where newborn stars stud clouds of gas and dust. A new view of the Prawn Nebula shows "cosmic ...

These two spectacular images are some of the most recent shots of our universe snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope. Its goals include investigating celestial bodies, such as planets and stars, and ...

There is something fishy about this deep-space cosmic object. A powerful telescope in Chile has produced amazing new photos of a giant stellar nursery known as the Prawn Nebula. Shining about 6,000 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the nebula floating through deep space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Living on earth entails a never-ending cycle of life, death and rebirth. In space, the same is true, as spotted by astronomers in IC 4628, or the Prawn Nebula. Just a few million years old, three ...