Meet Abell 30 (also known as A30, for short): a planetary nebula located approximately 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cancer. Close-up of A30 (Image Credit: Inset X-ray ...

To appreciate how age can affect the apparent size of a planetary nebula, try sighting Abell 21, the 8th-magnitude so-called Medusa Nebula in Gemini. Although the Medusa lies only 600 light-years ...

Scientists created the new stunning new view of the planetary nebula Abell 30 by combining visible-light images from the Hubble Space Telescope and X-ray observations from the European Space ...

ESO This beautiful cosmic object is a planetary nebula named Abell 24, captured by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Located in the constellation of Canis Minor ...

Since then, thousands more have been identified and described in surveys like the Abell Catalog of Planetary Nebulae and the ...

image: The planetary nebula Abell 30, (a.k.a. A30), is located about 5500 light years from Earth. The inset image on the right is a close-up view of A30 showing X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X ...

The other small bright bluish ball visible to the left of center in the image is known as Abell 6. This small planetary nebula, like others like it, was formed by gases in the outer layers of a ...

Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured this eye-catching image of planetary nebula PN A66 33—usually known as Abell 33. Created when an aging star blew off its outer ...

Originally thought to be a supernova remnant for more than a decade after its discovery, this object is now known to be a planetary nebula. American astronomer George O. Abell found it in 1955 ...

Abell 78 is a planetary nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus. Photo Credit: NASA Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628, is an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way.

The intricate pattern of planetary nebula Abell 30 is revealed in these images that combine optical Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images with XMM-Newton and Chandra X-ray data. In the main image a ...