M2-9 is a striking example of a "butterfly" or a bipolar planetary nebula. Another more revealing name might be the "Twin Jet ...

A new image from the Very Large Telescope captures a cosmic cloud referred to as the Running Chicken Nebula, given its bright ...

The Orion Nebula is a cloud of dust and gas in the constellation Orion that's visible to the naked eye in dark skies. The Godzilla Nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Sagittarius ...

(Neither Titan nor the Crab Nebula are visible to the unaided eye, but with a dark sky and cooperative weather, you can find ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases.

The star at the center of this Hubble image of the Cat's Eye Nebula is called a red giant star, which is what our sun will eventually become after it runs out of hydrogen to burn. As the star ...

Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) | This image of Caldwell 69 includes ultraviolet, visible, and infrared observations taken in 2019 and 2020 by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. Black Eye Galaxy – NGC ...

That gives astronomers the opportunity to track changes over time. The Guitar Nebula has been doing some eye-catching shredding over the last couple decades. A NASA video highlights Chandra’s ...