Hubble’s latest portrait of the Tarantula Nebula reveals a turbulent star-making region far beyond the Milky Way. Located 160 ...

A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases detailed dusty clouds in the Tarantula Nebula, a massive ...

A rare black moon will happen tonight Aug. 22-23. Don't worry too much if you miss it, although it won't happen again for ...

Researchers hope that by further probing the mysterious object, MSH 15-52, they can learn how this type of event creates high ...

'God's Hand' appears to be reaching for ESO galaxy The new image of the glowing red structure resembling a ghostly hand is CG 4 – one of many cometary globules present within the Milky Way. The ...

Investigating solar corona structures has led Paul Bellan, Caltech professor of applied physics, and his former graduate ...

The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) is a large star-forming region. It contains a young star cluster (Melotte 15). The nebula is about 7,500 light-years away and over 300 light-years across. Viewing ...

Nature of the nebulae In 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei used the newly invented telescope to show that the Milky Way was composed of a huge number of faint stars.

Milky Way Nebula NGC 248The sheer observing power of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is rarely better illustrated than in an image such as this. This glowing pink nebula, named NGC 248, is ...

The far northern sky holds its richest region in Cassiopeia, a splendid area of bright Milky Way stars and gas. One of the greatest nebulae in the far north is NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, so ...

This image shows a collection of 25 new space images celebrating the Chandra X-ray Observatory's 25th anniversary. Starting from the upper left, and going across each row, the objects imaged are: Crab ...