Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...

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

Discovered in the 18th century, the Helix Nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs ...

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 ...

The Helix Nebula, also called NGC 7293, is a natural wreath surrounding a dying star. This breathtaking image of the Helix Nebula was captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The Helix Nebula is ...

The Helix Nebula, 650 light-years away, resembles a cosmic eye formed by a dying star’s outer layers shedding.

The Cat's Eye Nebula, a planetary nebula formally known ... radiation released by the nebular cloud itself. This type of cosmic cloud is known as an emission nebula. One of the most famous is ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula. Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars ...