Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

A decades-old cosmic mystery may finally be solved. Scientists now suspect that the strange X-ray glow from a distant white ...

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

The JWST’s latest images showcase LBN 483, a nebula shaped by dynamic stellar interactions and magnetic fields.

A massive young star is responsible for the furious activity we see inside the nebula. Twin lobes of super-hot gas, glowing blue in this image, stretch outward from the central star. A ring of ...

At its heart is a star cluster, NGC 2244, which contains several hot, blue, massive young stars; unlike its surrounding ...

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shared stunning images of the mysterious Flame Nebula, a celestial marvel located approximately ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

On winter evenings, Orion is one of the easiest star patterns to find in the sky ... (and easily seen through binoculars) is the Orion Nebula. Throughout the nebula (which is about 30 light ...

The Veil Nebula is the remnant of a massive star which exploded in a supernova 10,000 years ago, leaving behind a striking structure of dust and gas that has a delicate draped shape from which the ...

The Flame Nebula, located 1,400 light-years from Earth, is a region where many stars are forming and is less than a million ...