This beautiful space wallpaper is a composite image combining a new infrared view of the Crab Nebula, obtained with ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, with an optical image from the archives of ...

The world's largest telescope captured a deep-space nebula — an interstellar cloud of gas and dust that can produce new stars — in stunning detail, providing the first close-up view to date of ...

NASA’s space telescopes tuned into an epic cosmic rock show, capturing new images of a space guitar that’s billowing in the wake of an erratic neutron star as it releases a flame-like streak ...

Located 6,500 light-years away, the Crab Nebula is famous among astronomers for its elaborate and beautiful structure. A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows off the gorgeous nebula ...

A guide on how to spot the Ring Nebula, which is visible in the constellation Lyra this summer.

Astronomers celebrated the Hubble Space Telescope's 34th anniversary with this stunning image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula — a vast cloud of gas containing one of the hottest white dwarf stars ...

New images of the Ring Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are helping scientists study how planetary nebulae form and chemical evolution within them.

The Dark Energy Camera imaged the Rosette Nebula, capturing a kaleidoscope of color created by the star cluster born within it.

The archetypal planetary nebula imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope now comes in two colorful versions, each showing spectacular features.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured intricate views of the Ring Nebula, composed of bright halos of hydrogen around a dying star. Here are more images and videos from August → ...

A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a smoke-wreathed keyhole among the stars. The telescope returned an image of a so-called “reflection nebula” around 1,350 light ...