Webb has captured the haunting “Exposed Cranium” nebula—an otherworldly cloud shaped by a dying star that looks remarkably like a brain inside a skull.

NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope have recently released a breathtaking new image of NGC 2835, a spiral galaxy located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. This latest photo, ...

In 1993, when the Hubble Space Telescope surveyed the Orion nebula for the first time, its images provided a substantial boost for the argument that stars with planetary systems are commonplace in the ...

The Orion Nebula is one of the most iconic objects in the night sky. It’s also a hotbed for star formation, with hundreds of stars spread out across a relatively small patch. Data from the James Webb ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed infrared portrait of a dying star’s ghostly remains: a planetary ...

Stargazers have plenty of reasons to look up throughout August – a month marked by meteor showers, planetary conjunctions and even a visible nebula. Yes, a formation known as the "dumbbell nebula" – ...

The space-based telescopes Hubble and Euclid combined forces to capture the vibrant remains of a dying star in stunning new ...

Orion is one of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky, and within the constellation is a beautiful nebula that is a busy region of star formation. A stunning image of the Orion nebula ...

Now the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken a new look at PMR-1 with both its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Their unprecedented resolution reveals ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of the Ring Nebula. The images were released Thursday by an international team of astronomers, including three from the Canadian Western ...

The Butterfly Nebula is changing, and astronomers are puzzled as to why these changes are occurring. Observations of this planetary nebula show dramatic changes in the butterfly’s ‘wings’ in just 11 ...

The region is home to some of the hottest and most massive stars that astronomers have discovered to date. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...