A dazzling new image from the European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope in Chile has revealed an unusual cosmic tale unfolding 6,000 light-years away in the Serpens constellation. The ...

A few days ago, while browsing an astronomy forum late at night, I stumbled upon an image that nearly startled me awake — ...

Massive stars in the Lobster Nebula carve dramatic shapes into cosmic dust while thousands of glittering young stars emerge ...

A billowing pair of nearly symmetrical loops of dust and gas mark the death throes of an ancient red-giant star. The resulting structure, said to resemble an old style of English jug, is a rarely seen ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has once again amazed astronomers with breathtaking images of the Red Spider Nebula, located 3,000 light-years away in Sagittarius. Featuring shockwaves and ...

5 breathtaking NASA pics of the celestial masterpiece - Red Spider NebulaRed Spider Nebula images help us understand how nebulae like the Red Spider Nebula form and change, and how they fit into the ...

This might look like some weird cosmic gateway straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey or a particularly trippy old-school Doctor Who adventure, but the Red Square Nebula is completely real. Just don’t ...

NASA's Picture of the Day brings to light the stunning beauty of the cosmos, featuring the Iris Nebula, also known as NGC 7023, located 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. This ...

If symmetry is a sign of splendor, then the newly discovered Red Square nebula is one of the most beautiful objects in the universe. Seen in the infrared, the nebula resembles a giant, glowing red box ...

Dominating this image is part of the gigantic nebula Gum 56, illuminated by the hot bright young stars that were born within it. For millions of years, stars have been created out of the gas in this ...

The Ring Nebula (M57) was first discovered in the winter of 1779. But by whom? Some claim it was French astronomer Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, while others insist it was Charles Messier. However, ...

Tiny and dying but still-powerful stars called pulsars spin like crazy and light up their surroundings, often with ghostly glows. So it is with PSR B1509-58, which long ago collapsed into a sphere ...