Carina Nebula’s ‘Mystic Mountain’: This three-light-year-tall cosmic pinnacle, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope‘s Wide ...

The final, infinite frontier of space has captured the imagination of humanity since the days of prehistory, and it seems the more we learn about the universe, the more we realize just how little we ...

The nebula is known as Hen 2-104, located several thousand light years from the earth. It appears to have two nested hourglass-shaped structures that were sculpted by a whirling pair of stars in a ...

Hubble captures a detailed image of the Tarantula Nebula The nebula features cosmic dust crucial for star formation Scientists study dust’s role in planetary evolution ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

The unique web-like structure of the gas clouds led astronomers to the nebula’s spidery nickname. One of the brightest and most active star-forming regions in our galactic neighborhood—hosting ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful colors.

Murray Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula. The rich reservoirs of dust and gas within the Tarantula Nebula ...

Or the heart of a vast nebula? Perhaps there’s a distant galaxy you’ve heard of but never seen? We are setting out to capture images of the most fascinating objects visible from the Northern ...

The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), located 8,000 light-years away, is showcased in a stunning Hubble image released for its 26th anniversary. This infrared image unveils the nebula's inner regions, cutting ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape ... The Tarantula Nebula is one of the most luminous and active star-forming regions in our ...