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

This groundbreaking scientific visualization takes viewers on an immersive journey inside the Pillars of Creation, one of the most iconic structures in the Eagle Nebula. Using data from the Hubble ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA released full color James Webb Space Telescope images of the Carina Nebula, exoplanet WASP-96 ... Levay (STScI), NASA/The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA), WASP-96 b artist impression ...

The agency is also encouraging institutions and astronomy clubs to conduct “star parties” to introduce people to the nebulae, star clusters and galaxies spotted by Hubble in its decades of ...

Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Sankrit One of the most famous and beautiful cosmic ...

In 2015, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a breathtaking image of Westerlund 2, showcasing its dense stars and stunning nebula. Jupiter's auroras are spectacular light displays that ring its ...

Most stars form in a similar way. Clouds of dust and gas floating in space called nebulae eventually begin to coalesce into clumps. The larger of these elements start to have stronger gravitational ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of a small fraction of the Veil Nebula, which is part of a supernova remnant called the Cygnus Loop. The Cygnus Loop is a large ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. This Hubble ...

Hubble’s Blue Bubble: The distinctive blue bubble appearing to encircle WR 31a is a Wolf–Rayet nebula — an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other gases. Carina Nebula’s ...