One such nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, is visible with binoculars or small telescopes and is best seen in August. Here’s what it is and how to find it. The Lagoon Nebula is a stellar nursery ...

The Lagoon Nebula: To celebrate its 28th anniversary in space the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the Lagoon Nebula. Butterfly emerges from stellar demise ...

NASA’s top skywatching tips for August include a meetup of Jupiter and Mars, a look at the Perseid meteors, and a view of the Lagoon Nebula. The space agency shared its suggestions on what to ...

Helix Nebula: This a planetary nebula, which is formed when a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. Orion Nebula ...

As we continue to break new ground in the field of cosmology, the importance of carefully categorizing the objects we see comes into focus. Part of this stems from the fact that, increasingly, we ...