As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...

NGC 5042 is a breathtaking spiral galaxy showcasing a brilliant mix of ancient stars, young blue clusters, and vibrant pink H ...

The best of those is the brilliant Inspiral, an unbeaten champion at two culminating with a win in the Fillies' Mile. At ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows one of the most famous and beautiful objects in the night sky.

NASA has released new cosmic images captured by the Hubble and James Webb telescopes. The images feature stellar phenomena ...

M55 is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Sagittarius. This image was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 1858 is a bright, large, irregular open cluster and emission nebula.

The James Webb Space Telescope was late to launch, but the observatory is making up for lost time. After several years of ...

In fact, all the many galaxies scattered through the sky were referred to as spiral nebulae. Even though a lot of them, of varying sizes, shapes, and orientations, were visible in the night sky ...

A third category – nebulae with spiral structure – particularly intrigued astronomers. The Andromeda nebula, M31, was a prominent example. It’s visible to the naked eye from a dark site.

NASA often shares images of nebulae, explaining the intricate complexities of the cosmos. This Hubble's image of gas and dust in the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula extends a better ...