A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

There are several different types of nebula, depending on how they form and their composition. Most nebula are primarily made of gas, which is able to glow with its own light, creating the ...

Images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope depict various nebulae and star clusters, like the Butterfly Nebula and NGC 4826. These observations advance our comprehension of stellar processes and ...

Two different views of the Horsehead Nebula. On the right is a view of the nebula in visible light, taken using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile (eso0202a).

A new study lends support to the notion that JuMBOs (Jupiter-mass binary objects) discovered by the James Webb Space ...

What Are All the Different Types of Nebula? Ethan Siegel Big Think March 19, 2025 NASA, ESA When most people think about astronomy, they think about the common, light-emitting objects familiar in our ...

Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded ...