Many know the Great Orion Nebula (M42) in Orion’s Sword as a bright diffuse nebula — a glowing cloud of cosmic gas illuminated by the Trapezium star cluster. But the Orion Nebula also has a dark side, ...

Nestled some 2,500 light-years away in the Ring Nebula, a star is in the last throes of its life. And as it dances with a companion star, at probably the same distance apart as Earth is to Pluto, the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a scene made famous by its sibling, the James Webb Space Telescope. One of the first images released from Webb showed the Carina Nebula, a particularly ...

Located 6,500 light-years away, the Crab Nebula is famous among astronomers for its elaborate and beautiful structure. A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows off the gorgeous nebula as ...

The observations shed surprising new light on a well-studied cosmic object. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have ...

The Webb Space Telescope has given us another cosmic treat. The young observatory captured a closer look of the ethereal clouds of dust and gas that form a nearby nebula, illuminated by a companion ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Hubble Space Telescope captured two young stars named HOPS 150, which glows a bright golden ...

A composite RGB image of the Ring Nebula (also known as Messier 57 and NGC 6720) constructed from four WEAVE/LIFU emission-line images. The bright outer ring is made up of light emitted by three ...

Submillimeter wavelength radio observations of the Southern Ring Nebula have identified that it's actually a double ring, shaped by the interactions of three stars. When you purchase through links on ...

A mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron has been discovered inside the iconic Ring Nebula by a European team led by astronomers at University College London (UCL) and Cardiff University. Subscribe to ...