The constellation Lyra is faint, but it contains Vega, one of the brightest stars in our night sky. As soon as it gets dark ...

Location of the crab nebula in the constellation Taurus. (Image credit: Stellarium) Swiftly whirling . In November 1968, the core of the exploded star which gave rise to the material found in the ...

The Veil Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Loop, was created when a massive star went supernova and exploded some 10,000 years ago in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan, about 1,400 light-years ...

Thanks to the James Webb telescope, we can now see the nebula with more clarity. As one expert says, "We always knew planetary nebulae were pretty. What we see now is spectacular." ...

An eerie photograph of a nebula in space looks a lot like an actual bat. The nebula, which is defined as "numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space," was nicknamed the "Cosmic Bat" by ...

NASA's highly sensitive James Webb Space Telescope has captured an extremely detailed image of thousands of never-before-seen young stars in a region known as the Tarantula Nebula. Located in the ...

Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope takes best look at 'Sombrero Galaxy' in 244 years A cotton candy nebula glows in Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first close-up image: Space photo of the ...