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Whoa! The Webb Telescope Zoomed Way into the Iconic Horsehead Nebula

This dense cloud of interstellar gas is 3,000 light-years away, but it looks close enough to touch.

ByKiona Smith
Space

Behold The Strange Beauty Of A Tangled Nebula

This is all that's left of a massive star that died 40,000 years ago.

ByKiona Smith
Review

This Battery-Powered Projector Gave Me a 120-Inch TV Screen

Movie night should be a little more special than watching something on your laptop.

ByJackson Chen
Space

Webb Space Telescope Just Peered Deep Into a Famous Nebula

These images are “astronomical archaeology.”

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
MCU

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 actor shares a distressing Nebula update

This movie is shaping up to be a superhero bloodbath.

ByJake Kleinman
Space

Gaze Into This Ethereal Nebula and Glimpse Our Solar System's Future

Captured by Chile’s Gemini South Telescope, this Spare Tire Nebula looks more like a crystal ball to us.

ByKiona Smith
Science

Look! Astronomers explore the Orion Nebula's radiation-scorched cloud

Gargantuan young stars blast this region with ultraviolet radiation, and that may play a key role in how solar systems eventually form.

ByKiona Smith
Space

New Image Reveals a Star That Burned Too Fast in the Dying Heart of a Nebula

The grand wings of this nebula are the last act of a red-giant star.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

Astrophysicists finally decipher weird beams emanating from Manatee Nebula

A bumpy ride through expanding gas is powering up fast-moving particles in the Manatee Nebula.

ByKiona Smith
Science

Look! Hubble snaps a dazzling image of the Orion Nebula's surreal rainbow clouds

Hubble, you've still got it!

ByKiona Smith
Space

Glimpse the Smoky Tendrils of the Crab Nebula's Pulsing Zombie Heart

On Monday, NASA published a stunning image of the Crab Nebula, the cosmic aftermath of a 1,000-year-old supernova.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

Look! Stunning new Webb image of the Tarantula Nebula is an early Halloween treat

Space spiders eat the space insects in your house

ByKiona Smith
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Look! This new Webb Telescope picture of the beloved Orion Nebula is glorious

Webb takes us inside a nearby nebula to shed light on the mysteries of star formation in the recent universe.

ByKiona Smith
Science

Astronomers use Webb Telescope to detect hidden stars in the Southern Ring Nebula

Infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed three previously-unknown stars in a prominent nebula.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

This Dazzling Nebula Reveals A Glimpse of An Infant Universe Bursting With Stars

A sky full of stars.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

This 1.5-Billion-Pixel Image Captures the Running Chicken Nebula in an Angle Most Fowl

To boldly go where no chicken has gone before.

ByKiona Smith
Space

Watch This Nebula 2,500 Light Years From Earth Light Up Like a Christmas Tree

Space- and ground-based telescopes (along with some artistic processing) made this photo possible.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

Cosmic Eye Candy: Webb Telescope Just Captured Two Incredible Images of the Orion Nebula

The closest star-forming region to Earth is full of gorgeous hidden details.

ByKiona Smith
space

Astronomers Just Discovered a Bizarre, Cat-Shaped Nebula. Can You Spot It?

The European Southern Obseratory's VLT Survey Telescope captured this image of a star-forming nebula Sh2-284.

ByKiona Smith
Space

Webb Telescope Discovers a Molecule Critical for Life in the Orion Nebula

These views are thanks to the spacecraft’s frigid location one million miles away from Earth.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
space

Look! Hubble Spots a Space Caterpillar in the Carina Nebula

Eric Carle tried to warn us.

ByKiona Smith
Science

One of the universe’s most iconic nebulas is changing — astronomers don’t know why

“I’ve never seen anything quite like it.”

ByNancy Atkinson and Universe Today
Science

Dazzling! New image unmasks a nebula to reveal hidden stars

The VISTA telescope captured a glittering scene and a nebula 6,000 light-years away.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

Look! The mind-boggling huge Lobster Nebula shines in a new image

This nebula is about 100 times wider than the Sun is to its nearest star.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
This week in science

Webb captures Tarantula Nebula and more: Understand the world through 8 images

ByRobin Bea
Science

Webb Telescope Cosmic Cliffs image controversy: Is it really the Carina Nebula?

The Cosmic Cliffs are technically part of a smaller, nearby nebula in the same constellation.

ByKiona Smith
Science

Look: Fiery images reveal a cosmic game of tug-of-war

Inside the Tarantula Nebula, baby stars fight with gravity.

ByJennifer Walter
look up!

Look: Stunning new image of Rosette Nebula taken from backyard

This cosmic cloud of gas and dust is about 5,000 light-years away.

ByPassant Rabie
Stardust

Look: 7 strange facts unlocking secrets of nebulae

These space clouds look like art — but they’re more than their beauty.

ByJennifer Walter
Cosmic paintings

Astronomers discover how planetary nebulae form mesmerizing shapes

The study sheds light on what the Sun will look like when it dies.

ByPassant Rabie