Discovered in the 18th century, the Helix Nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs to a class of objects called planetary nebulae. Check out these 7 ...

This groundbreaking scientific visualization takes viewers on an immersive journey inside the Pillars of Creation, one of the most iconic structures in the Eagle Nebula. Using data from the Hubble ...

This breathtaking image of the Helix Nebula was captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The Helix Nebula is the remnant of a star that was once similar to our Sun.

This is a far-away view of the Cat’s Eye Nebula. This image was captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Planetary nebula C22, nicknamed as Snowball Nebula is captured by NASA’s Hubble Space ...

This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula ... in this image from NASA ...

Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. When we ...

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This collage of images from the Flame Nebula shows a near-infrared light view from NASA's ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has probed deep into the dusty shroud of a young nebula alight with star formation on the hunt for "failed star" brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs are stellar ...

New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe’s ...