For the first time, astronomers have discovered dry ice (carbon dioxide ice) in a planetary nebula, shedding new light on the ...

The nebula is possibly being produced by a type of unstable star called a Wolf–Rayet star.

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

New images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESA’s Euclid mission have revealed the complex, multi-shell structure ...

The Cocoon Nebula, an emission nebula spanning 12 arcminutes (1/5 degree) in the constellation Cygnus, is approximately 4,000 light-years distant and possesses a diameter of 15 light-years. This ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out in the evening sometime soon and point a telescope at the Crab Nebula, which lies in the constellation Taurus ...

Image Credit: Far-infrared: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium;X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger This close up ...

Oh what a beautiful cosmic web we weave! This little cosmic creepy crawler is the Red Spider planetary nebula (formal designation NGC 6537). It can be found about 4,000 light-years away in the ...

Astrophotographer Emil Andronic captured a gorgeous blue reflection nebula glowing inside the red clouds of Orion's Head in the constellation Orion.

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