New images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show young stars forming within a "toe bean" on the Cat's Paw Nebula.

Former NASA scientist Fred Herrmann captured this amazing view of Messier 17, known as the Omega Nebula and many other names. See how he did it here.

A wave of star formation is crashing through the Omega Nebula, captured in infrared by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The bright nebula in the middle, formally known as M17, has long been ...

The Omega Nebula, a stellar nursery ... The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has also imaged small parts of this nebula (heic0305a and heic0206d) in fine detail.

NASA/SOFIA/Lim, De Buizer, & Radomski et al.; ESA/Herschel; NASA/JPL-Caltech. The Omega or Swan Nebula has been a target of astronomical research for 250 years, but astronomers have never been ...

On Diwali, NASA shared warm wishes and a stunning image of star formation in the Omega Nebula, celebrating the festival's themes of light and joy. Monday, Jun 23, 2025 New Delhi o C ...

The Omega Nebula, a stellar nursery where infant stars illuminate and sculpt a vast pastel fantasy of dust and gas, is revealed in all its glory by a new ESO […] ...

This week’s large-telescope target is planetary nebula IC 1295 in Scutum the Shield. You’ll find this object 4.8° east of magnitude 3.9 Alpha (α) Scuti and only 0.4° east-southeast of the ...

This image of the Omega Nebula (M17), captured by ESO’s Very Large Telescope, is one of the sharpest ever taken from the ground. It shows the dusty, rosy central parts of the famous star-forming ...

This image of the Horsehead Nebula from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope focuses on a portion of the horse's "mane." NASA, ESA, CSA, K. Misselt and A. Abergel ...

Is that a celestial swan? Perhaps a lobster? The nebula featured in this beautiful image is officially catalogued as Messier 17 and NGC 6618, but it is called many different names, including the ...