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New images show the rapidly rotating pulsar of the "Guitar Nebula" shooting out a gigantic cosmic plume of plasma, X-rays and ...
This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.
From the fiery Dragon Eye to the majestic Seagull Nebula, explore 10 breathtaking NASA images that capture the stunning ...
Horsehead Nebula's iconic 'mane' is seen in stunning detail in new Webb images: See photos NASA released photos this week that give the equine-shaped feature a literal close-up.
Detailed new images taken by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope show the sharpest images of a portion of a horse-shaped nebula which was discovered more than a century ago.
Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.
NEW YORK — NASA recently used its James Webb Space Telescope to capture ethereal, detailed images of the Horsehead Nebula. The nebula, which NASA has called "one of the most distinctive objects ...
In the newly released picture on its website nasa.gov as Astronomy Picture of the Day on June 17, it asked the question 'Can ...
As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous supernova remnant.The Veil Nebula is roughly 2,400 light-years away in the ...
NASA affectionately calls it a “Space Butterfly,” but in reality it’s a pair of massive gas clouds. Its official name is Westerhout 40 (W40), and it’s a nebula.
The Cat's Eye Nebula, a planetary nebula formally known as NGC 6543. According to NASA, "Observations suggest the star ejected its mass in a series of pulses at 1,500-year intervals.