Tagged: nebula

Orion the Hunter is the most noticeable of all constellations. The three stars of Orion’s Belt jump out at you as a short, straight row of medium-bright stars, midway between Orion’s two brightest stars, Betelgeuse and Rigel. Once you find the Belt stars, you can...

  The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16 or M16, is one of the most amazing sights you can see in a large telescope. It’s the location of several famous structures, including the stunning Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region, depicted in the image...

The Omega Nebula – aka M17 – is barely visible to the unaided eye on a dark, moonless night. To see it, it’s best to use binoculars or low-power magnification on a telescope. The Omega Nebula is very near another prominent nebula, known as M16...

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), one of China’s key national science and technology infrastructure facilities, has accurately measured the brightness over 3.5 orders of magnitude of the standard candle in high-energy astronomy, thus calibrating a new standard for ultra-high-energy (UHE) gamma-ray sources....

Astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a complex planetary nebula known as NGC 1514. Results of the study provide essential information about morpho-kinematical structure and chemical composition of this nebula, which could help researchers to better understand its nature. The research was published May 4...

Incredible new images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal nearly dead stars spewing blasts of hot gas into deep space in strange but stunning ways. From studying those images, scientists now suspect that two spectacular nebulas are each powered by a pair of stars merging...

The astrophotography contest, run by London’s Royal Observatory Greenwich, is the largest of its kind Glowing Arctic lights sweep across darkened Icelandic skies; colorful puffs of dust and gas form a spectral batlike shape in a far-off nebula; craters on the lunar surface yawn and...

    A mesmerizing new image shows a “space butterfly” appearing to soar against a background of stars. The nebula, or cloud of gas, is more officially known as NGC 2899; it shows in intricate detail thanks to new observations from the European Southern Observatory’s...

A spooky new image captures the Skull Nebula illuminated by a triple star system just in time for Halloween. The Skull Nebula, formally known as NGC 246, is located roughly 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Cetus, or The Whale. Using the Very Large Telescope...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence in the mysterious fluorescent debris of the Blue Ring Nebula that may explain how the strange structure formed. The Blue Ring Nebula harbors a central star, known as TYC 2597-735-1. An unusual ultraviolet ring surrounds the star, which astronomers first...