Emission nebulae are glowing, spread-out clouds of ionized gas that shine with their own light. In this image of NGC 2313, the bright star V565 at the center lights up a silvery curtain of gas and ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. In its center ...

If you look closely at Hubble images such as the Pillars of Creation or the Crab Nebula (M1), you will see plenty of green ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula ... Arabic and Chinese astronomers marveled at a supernova that created the Crab Nebula. Since then, thousands more have been identified and ...

When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...

The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.

NASA’s Hubble Space ... distant Veil Nebula shows us that even the most bloated special effects budget can’t compare with what Mother Nature has painted in the cosmos. The image, which was ...

This image by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows different structural details of the Crab Nebula. The supernova remnant ...

Surrounding the cluster in the Hubble image is a glowing pink cloud called a nebula, where hot, young stars give off ultraviolet light that illuminates the surrounding hydrogen gas. These bright ...

A sparkling stellar nursery appears reminiscent of the early universe in new images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust ...