A deep-space photo of the Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini shows a brain-like structure, capturing the supernova remnant IC 443 and surrounding interstellar gas and stars.

Webb telescope captures PMR 1 nebula 5,000 light-years away that resembles a cosmic brain, revealing how dying stars create ...

In 1995 NASA published images captured by the then nearly five-year-old Hubble Space Telescope of what the agency described ...

The nebula was formed when a star went supernova 5,000 light-years from Earth.

Two of the world’s most powerful space telescopes have joined forces to produce a stunning new image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula, one of the most visually complex objects in the known universe. The ...

A stunning new Hubble image reveals the most detailed look yet at the Egg Nebula, the youngest and closest pre-planetary ...

The image features one of the most visually intricate remnants of a dying star: the Cat’s Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543.

The space around our planet is filled with mysteries and wonders, many of which are brought to light with reassuring regularity by the space telescopes that keep watch of our surroundings. The most ...

Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope study faint brown dwarfs in the RCW 36 nebula to understand substellar populations and the initial mass function in a young massive cluster.

Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar development ...