The gorgeous Eagle Nebula is one of the most iconic objects in the cosmos, known affectionately as the Pillars of Creation.

A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust sculpted by intense stellar ...

There are few more iconic images from the Hubble Space Telescope than this one. A colossal pillar of gas and dust towering ...

The nebula, also called Barnard 33, is in the constellation Orion. The cloud is composed of other famous markers, such as the Great Orion Nebula, the Flame Nebula, and Barnard's Loop. It is one of ...

"As enormous as this dusty pillar is, it's just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula." A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust ...

The edge of this shining nebula is shaped by dark clouds like this one, giving it the appearance of an eagle spreading its wings. Not too far from the region pictured here are the famous Pillars ...

Wilson Observatory in California, where he would work for the rest of his life. He was researching nebulae, fuzzy patches of light in the sky. In 1924, he announced the discovery of a Cepheid ...

The designation Messier 77 comes from the galaxy's place in the famous catalog compiled by the French astronomer Charles ...