Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now ...

(Neither Titan nor the Crab Nebula are visible to the unaided eye, but with a dark sky and cooperative weather, you can find them with binoculars.) The explosion stripped off the star's outer ...

On Feb. 28, seven planets—Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn—will all grace the early evening sky.

Discovered in the 18th century, the Helix Nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs ...

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...

Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. It is classified as a planetary nebula, an ...

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this Hubble Space Telescope image, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image.

The nebula is located 160,000 light-years away in ... these winds have carved out an eye-catching display of arcs, pillars and bubbles." Some of these stars are just 1 to 2 million years old.

Orion Nebula: Located constellation Orion that's visible to the naked eye. It's a stellar nursery where thousands of stars ...

It’s more than bright enough to see with the naked eye and very easy to find. Just as the name implies, the nebula resides in the great constellation Orion the Hunter. Even if you’re not all ...

Pity the poor constellation Monoceros. The faint Unicorn is outshone by famous constellations like Gemini, the Twins, to the north and Orion, the mythic giant, to the west.