The Eagle Nebula is a beautiful cloud of gas and dust in space, where new stars are born. NASA has captured some stunning and rare images of this nebula, showing its glowing colors and mysterious ...

Commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula, M8 was discovered in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who, like Charles Messier, sought to catalog nebulous objects in the night sky so ...

These structures, the largest of which is five light-years tall, are part of the Eagle Nebula, an active star-forming region about 6,000 light-years away. The enormous pillars of gas are studded ...

(Beverly Lynds was an astronomer who catalogued both bright nebulas – BN – and dark nebulas – DN – in the 1960s) How does the birth of stars form a nebula like this? Well, stars grow by ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. This composite image shows the star-forming region 30 Doradus, also ...

(More on the Eagle Nebula below.) Where reflection nebulae are cooler clouds illuminated by stars, emission nebulae are their own light source: radiation from the nebular cloud's ionized gas.

The universe showcases its beauty through nebulae, vibrant cosmic clouds of gas and dust illuminated by stars, offering mesmerizing visuals in dazzling colors. The Orion Nebula, 1,344 light-years ...