The rapidly spinning neutron star embedded in the center of the nebula is the ... beginning to farm. This Hubble image reveals the true shape of MyCn18 to be an hourglass with an intricate pattern ...

Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous—and frequently photographed—supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the sun that exploded about ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in an ever-expanding cosmos. This breakthrough led to the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young central star cluster called Dolidze 25, located outside of the image frame.

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous supernova remnant. The Veil Nebula is roughly 2,400 light-years away in ...

A stunning cosmic hourglass has formed from a double-star system’s birth. The James Webb Space Telescope captured this breathtaking sight in vivid detail. Called Lynds 483, this nebula is 650 ...

Helix Nebula: This a planetary nebula, which is formed when a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. Orion Nebula ...

Located 650 light-years from Earth (1 light-year is the distance light travels in one year, approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers), this nebula resembles an hourglass. The two protostars at the ...

Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has beamed breathtaking ... They include M1, also known as the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant that has provided new insight into what happens when a ...

Crab Nebula: In celebration of the 29th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers used Hubble to capture this festive, colorful look at the tentacled Southern Crab ...