The brilliant blue-white star lighting up the red nebula Sh2-46 hints at a dynamic and possibly fleeting encounter that could ...

In WOMAN ON FIRE, currently performing at the Creative Cauldron in Falls Church, Virginia, playwright Marisela Treviño Orta ...

Scientists are studying the nebula's turbulence and unique hourglass shape, possibly caused by interactions ... No carbon found in NGC 1514’s heart, JWST discovers Beyond the rings, Webb's ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent final stages of a dying star's life.

The edge of this shining nebula is shaped by dark clouds like this one ... with images released in 1995 and 2015. The heart of the nebula, which is located beyond the edge of this image, is ...

When the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were released in 2022, one in particular became instantly iconic: a striking orange and blue view of the Carina Nebula, affectionately known ...

At the heart ... nebula (which somewhat confusingly actually have nothing to do with planets). The team behind this research hopes that by studying the infant and aging stars of Circinus West and ...

Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright objects on telescope images. The stars follow a nine-year orbit and are ...

Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC ... three-dimensional shape. Look for the dim, semi-transparent orange clouds between its rings that give the nebula body.