The Hubble observatory detected cooler material ... using small telescopes thought they looked like planets. The Cat's Eye Nebula, about 3,000 light years from Earth, formed about 1,000 years ...

NGC 7293, better known as the Helix nebula, displays its ultraviolet glow courtesy of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX ...

The Hubble Telescope turns 30 on Friday, marking three decades of space exploration and scientific discoveries. To celebrate, NASA has collected some of the most iconic, stunning images the bus ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula ... Often, these fine features are only visible through larger telescopes. The Cat's Eye Nebula, a planetary nebula formally known as NGC 6543.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55. ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and ...

and the Hubble Space Telescope can see them. Two new photos taken by the intrepid telescope and released to celebrate the eye on the sky's 28th birthday show the Lagoon Nebula, a region of space ...

NGC 7293, better known as the Helix nebula, displays its ultraviolet glow courtesy of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). In this false-color image, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space ...