A spectacular view of the Cat’s Eye Nebula! Captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, this image of nebula (NGC 6543) shows ...

The Eagle Nebula is a beautiful cloud of gas and dust in space, where new stars are born. NASA has captured some stunning and rare images of this nebula, showing its glowing colors and mysterious ...

Charles Messier later wrote in Connaissance des temps 1800/1801: “What prompted me to tackle the catalog was the nebula I discovered above the southern horn of the Bull on September 12 ...

Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.

The Pleiades, Ptolemy's Cluster, the Large Magellanic Cloud — here's how to center the sky's brightest deep-sky wonders in ...

Look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42)—our solar system came from that direction." The increased dust from this galactic encounter could have had several effects.

Look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42) -- our solar system came from that direction!" The increased dust from this galactic encounter could have had several effects.

Just look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), as our Solar System comes from that direction, explains Alves. One of the potential effects of this galactic encounter is the ...

We tested them out during both a full and new moon, and even during a bright, full moon, we thoroughly enjoyed the beauty of the Pleiades (Messier 45), the Orion constellation and nebula ...

It lies just south of the Orion Nebula (M42). Yet another pair ties ... It’s Ptolemy’s Cluster (M7), and is the most southerly Messier object. This open cluster is an easy naked-eye catch ...