A gorgeous nebula turns out to hold a surprise at its center: a pair of stars that don’t match as they should. Researchers looking at the beautiful NGC 6164/6165 nebula were surprised to learn ...

The starry nebula, however, remains a stunning destination for professional and amateur astronomers alike. The nebula spans 71 light-years and covers an area of the sky as wide as 25 full moons.

Greetings everyone! There are two planets in your early morning sky and one of them is impossible to miss unless the clouds ...

The dark shadow overlaid on a starry background is known as the Circinus ... Despite being a "dark nebula," the Circinus West molecular cloud isn't so dark that it can completely hide its young ...

Located 7,000 light-years away, this incredible creation features towering tendrils of cosmic dust and gas called Pillars of Creation.

The infrared light image was taken in 2014. According to NASA, the Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation is located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Serpens. In the caption, NASA wrote ...

The snapshot features the vivid red nebula Sh2-46 — also known as Gum 80 — lit up in a fiery hue due to intense radiation coming from a brilliant blue-white star nestled at its heart.

This discovery stems from four decades of X-ray observations of the Helix Nebula, located 650 light-years from Earth. The stream of X-ray radiation remained effectively constant over at least 20 ...