A "bar" of iron atoms, colored red in this image, has been hiding inside the Ring Nebula. Roger Wesson et al. / MNRAS A famous nebula is revealing new secrets even after being observed for almost 250 ...

This brightly coloured scene shows a giant cloud of glowing gas and dust known as NGC 2359. This is also dubbed the Thor's Helmet nebula, due to the arching arms of gas stemming from the central bulge ...

A little before sunrise on July 4, A.D. 1054, imperial astronomers of the Song Dynasty in China spotted an unknown star lighting up the eastern sky. “It’s as bright as Venus, with pointed rays in all ...

Space scientists just dropped a jaw-dropping new composite image of the Tarantula Nebula, and it looks less like a standard space photo and more like a high-tech cosmic art project. NASA described the ...

The origin of cosmic rays, high-energy particles from outer space constantly impacting on Earth, is among the most challenging open questions in astrophysics. Now research sheds new light on the ...

This is a spectrum of one position in the Crab Nebula from the William Herschel Telescope, La Palma. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

LAST evening (March 7) I succeeded in obtaining a photograph of the spectrum of the great nebula in Orion, extending from a little below F to beyond M in the ultra-violet.