The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.

The Helix Nebula, located 650 light-years from Earth, has baffled scientists for decades. The planetary nebula was created by a dying star that shed its outer layers of gas, leaving behind a small ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar ...

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

The galactic masterpiece combines over 100 exposures to reveal previously unseen features of stars in formation.

How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much ...

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

This discovery marks a major breakthrough in astronomy and the ongoing search for planets outside our solar system.

Planetary Nebula: An ionised shell of gas expelled by a dying star in the late stages of stellar evolution. Central Star: The remnant core of a star that emits high-energy radiation, ionising the ...