Crab Nebula: This Hubble mosaic is the highest resolution image ever made of the entire Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 ...

When a mid-sized star like the Sun runs out of fuel, it expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star ...

D ay 21 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: inside a chaotic nebula. Sharpless 2-106 is a nebula several light-years ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases.

M2-9 is a striking example of a "butterfly" or a bipolar planetary nebula. Another more revealing name might be the "Twin Jet Nebula." If the nebula is sliced across the star, each side of it ...

Captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, this image reveals the Serpens Nebula, a stellar nursery located about 1,300 light-years away. IC 63, or the Ghost Nebula, is 550 light-years away, ...