Crab Nebula: Located 6,500 light-years away from Earh, it is the highest-resolution image ever taken by the Hubble Space ...
This stellar relic, first spied by William Herschel in 1787, is nicknamed the Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392) because, when viewed through ground-based telescopes, it resembles a face surrounded by a fur ...
Nebulae are colorful cosmic wonders, showcasing star birth and evolution through breathtaking hues of the universe.
Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury will shine bright enough for the naked eye to see, and you can catch glimpses of Uranus and Neptune with binoculars or a telescope.
The Orion Nebula is one of the best “must-see” attractions in the sky, and it’s even more impressive once you get to know ...
The Orion Nebula is one of the best must-see attractions in the Pottsville sky, and it is even more impressive once you get ...
The middle star in the dagger is actually not a star, but the Orion Nebula, which through a telescope is revealed to be a ...
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).
ESO’s HAWK-I infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has captured a deeper view of the Orion Nebula’s core. Looking like an interstellar Frisbee, the dark feature in these two ...
Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.
Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45. A third category – ...
Witness the breathtaking beauty of a giant stellar nursery where countless stars ignite amidst swirling cosmic clouds.