Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the famous Trifid and Lagoon nebulas illuminated from within by radiation cast out by generations of energetic young stars. Both ...

The beautiful Heart Nebula, also known as IC 1805, is a bright, red emission nebula with a shape that resembles a human heart. This cosmic cloud glows red because it's filled with ionized hydrogen ...

This wide view of the Heart Nebula's cloudy core was captured by astrophotographer Jaspal Chadha of London over four nights in December 2014 and January 2015. (Image credit: Jaspal Chadha) ...

The so-called Heart Nebula lives up to its name, in this lush new image that an amateur astrophotographer posted on a new Flickr account. We’ve never seen nebula pictures this rich-looking.

The Helix Nebula, located 650 light-years from Earth, has baffled scientists for decades. The planetary nebula was created by a dying star that shed its outer layers of gas, leaving behind a small ...

The Heart Nebula's shape is driven by supermassive stars in its core, with the blue colors produced by ionized oxygen and sulfur. The image comes courtesy of Paul Macklin, ...

This is a fairly bright nebula, discovered nearly 240 years ago by astronomer William Herschel. Because of its brilliant colors, the Heart Nebula is an attractive target for amateur astronomers.

The Heart Nebula, also cataloged as IC 1805, is a magnitude 6.5 emission nebula just under 5° east-southeast of magnitude 3.4 Epsilon (ε) Cassiopeiae. It’s best viewed with a larger ...

Heart Nebula. (Image credit: Byronmhome (CC BY-SA 4.0)) Stars ornament the night sky like jewels — but they also sculpt the sky. The object IC 1805, nicknamed the Heart Nebula, is a spectacular ...