Right after sunset, the largest and smallest planets are near neighbors in the sky. Jupiter, the brighter of the two, is a ...

Orion Nebula, as taken by James Webb, is considered one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky. The dust and gas in space sometimes make up for stunning visuals of a nebula like this NGC 1514.

Delicate wings of hot gas spew from a dying star, showcasing a stunning planetary nebula 2,500-3,800 light-years away. A metallic, jewel-like nebula formed by a massive red giant star swallowing ...

Stellar improvement ... This view of the Medusa Nebula is one of the best previous images of the distant cloud. Source: NASA And it’s the dead star itself that is illuminating its own funeral ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured an unprecedentedly sharp image of planetary nebula NGC 1514, revealing intricate details of its dying star. Located 1,500 light-years away, the nebula ...

Lagoon Nebula: Located in in the Sagittarius, this cosmic cloud displays swirling pinks and blues from young stars. It is about 4,000 light-years away from us. In this false-color image ...

NASA’s recent Image of the Day was the outer regions of the Tarantula Nebula, which is billed as one of the biggest and busiest star-creating areas in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.

This week, NASA and ESA highlighted an image captured by Hubble of the highly productive Tarantula Nebula (officially named 30 Doradus) in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and it’s a sight to behold.

the Medusa Nebula has a diameter of 8 light-years. A light-year is the distance light travels in one Earth year, which is about 9 trillion kilometres, according to Nasa. A trillion is a figure ...

NASA recently delighted space enthusiasts with stunning images of the Red Spider Nebula, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Located 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of ...

These shockwaves sculpt the nebula's distinctive spider-leg-like arcs, which appear to emanate from the central star. NASA described the images as, ''Orange waves of hot gas, resembling the curved ...