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. In its center ...

Often, on closer inspection, nebulae turn out to be much more than meets the eye. These smudges of color become troves of scientific data. Take for example the Orion Nebula. Forming the middle ...

In 1780, Pierre Méchain detected the presence of a reflection nebula in the Orion that spanned across a diameter of 10 lightyears. This vast nebula is around 1600 lightyears away from Earth ...

Skygazers can enjoy meteor showers and other dazzling displays in the night sky all month long, according to astronomers.

Helix Nebula. Eye of God. Flying through stars in a spiral galaxy with gas cloud space background, some of the material is from NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team Carina Nebula. Star-forming ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have explored the lowest mass limit of brown dwarfs within the Flame Nebula, a hotbed of star formation in the constellation of Orion. The ...

The Orion Nebula — where young stars are being actively born — serves as a natural laboratory for uncovering the secrets ...

A general view of the Orion Nebula during the planet parade or planetary alignment when four planets are visible to the naked eye on the evening sky in Sparta N.C., Jan. 25, 2025. Peter Zay ...