While the Cone Nebula, about 2,500 light-year s away in Monoceros, is around 7 light-years long, the region pictured here surrounding the cone's blunted head is a mere 2.5 light-years across.

Explore 8 stunning deep space pictures captured by NASA, showing galaxies, nebulas, black holes, and cosmic wonders that ...

As per NASA: In this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across, Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light, including tens of ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope blasted into orbit on April 24, 1990, making it 34 years old. For this birthday, the Hubble team has turned the aging observatory toward the Little Dumbbell Nebula ...

Discernible are about 3,000 other galaxies.This image of the Omega Nebula, like the two other photos here, was shot by the Hubble Space Telescope's newly installed Advanced Camera for Surveys ...