The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has unveiled its first close-up image of the cosmos, offering an extraordinary new perspective ...

Nebulae are mostly found within galaxies—specifically, in interstellar space. There's often at least one star at the core of a nebula, whether new or recently deceased, but sometimes a giant ...

This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

Many nebulae have high-energy stars inside, or a massive explosion in their past—but some are downright chill. Frosty, even.

The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.

This large gas bubble of ionized hydrogen and oxygen is formed and appears in fine detail when imaged using narrow-field ...

The massive stars within the nebula create these winds, which should create chaos in the center of this region of space as they swirl around tons of gas. However, that isn’t the case.

This stunning portrait of a star-forming nebula is a throwback to the birth of our own sun, 4.6 billion years ago. The Rosette Nebula blossoms in deep space, captured in this wonderful image taken ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

The Dark Energy Camera captured glowing nebulae in the Chamaeleon I star-forming region, illuminating the dense clouds with ...

Every star you see in the night sky forms from a nebula, which is a large region of dust and gas in space. One such nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, is visible with binoculars or small telescopes and is ...

In the newly released picture on its website nasa.gov as Astronomy Picture of the Day on June 17, it asked the question 'Can ...