Learn how mapping the Ring Nebula’s light revealed a massive iron bar hidden for decades.

A colossal bar of iron hidden inside the Ring Nebula may be the ghostly remains of a planet destroyed by a dying star.

January is the best time of the year to see the Great Orion Nebula as it climbs high overhead in the winter sky. Look to the ...

NEW YORK — NASA recently used its James Webb Space Telescope to capture ethereal, detailed images of the Horsehead Nebula. The nebula, which NASA has called "one of the most distinctive objects in our ...

Over the years the Hubble Space Telescope has captured various images of space. These few images here are the example and ...

New images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope pierce through thick layers of stardust and gas, revealing the most-detailed look yet into the heart of the Orion Nebula. In 2017, an international ...

NASA released high-resolution images of the Horsehead Nebula that were taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on Monday. The telescope produced sharp infrared images of the “horse’s mane,” or the top ...

A haunting dark nebula captured recently in the night sky over Texas has drawn attention for its uncanny resemblance to a ...

For centuries, the Ring Nebula has captivated astronomers with its stunning, glowing appearance, but a recent discovery has ...

(CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed colorful new portraits of the iconic Ring Nebula. The new images capture the complex details of the planetary nebula, an enormous cloud of cosmic ...

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