The third-brightest deep-sky object, glowing at magnitude 0.6 ... It lies just south of the Orion Nebula (M42). Yet another pair ties for lucky 13, with first up the open cluster Collinder ...

NASA released stunning images of the NGC 1514 nebula, showcasing the most vivid depiction of its dual rings ever captured. The Webb telescope's Mid-Infrared ...

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

A nice catch This week’s first large-scope object is planetary nebula NGC 2867 in Carina the ... but you’ll need to be under a really dark sky to see it through that aperture.

An curved arrow pointing right. The Orion Nebula is a giant gas cloud 1,344 light years away. It's also a cosmic factory for producing new stars. Astronomers recently observed over 900 small, low ...

When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...

In this seasonal talk series, we explore the stars, planets, constellations, and deep-sky objects such as galaxies and nebulae using our Megastar projector, which produces a stunning night sky with 10 ...

A new Hubble Space Telescope image offers the most detailed view of the Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 light-years from Earth. The star V830 Orionis features NGC 1999 reflection nebula ...