Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Vol. 121, No. 878, 2009 April The Origin and Shaping of Planetary Nebu... ABSTRACT.Planetary nebulae (PNs) are circumstellar gas ejected during ...

Black Moon happens when in a single calendar month there are two new moons. However, black moon is not any astronomical term, ...

Certainly, the most visually beautiful and awe-inspiring of all, are nebulae. Usually consisting of gasses and stardust dispersed by ancient explosions and implosions of stars known as supernovas ...

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. In its center ...

RCW 120 is an emission nebula and it has a global magnetic field that runs parallel to the Galactic plane. NASA captured this beautiful image of Orion nebulae. This type of nebula forms when the ...

In December 2024, a rare celestial event known as the Black Moon will occur, marking the second new moon in a single month.

He chose to investigate the nebulae, which were believed to be clouds of glowing gas. But with this new, larger telescope, Hubble was able to resolve images of the nebulae that showed individual ...

A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics has unveiled new findings about the dying stages of stars ...

Wilson Observatory in California, where he would work for the rest of his life. He was researching nebulae, fuzzy patches of light in the sky. In 1924, he announced the discovery of a Cepheid ...

Planetary nebulae such as the Ring form when stars with up to about eight times the mass of our sun exhaust the hydrogen in their cores and eject their outer layers. As the source of much of the ...

Plus, take a creative journey into deep space with "Nebulae: The Universe Unveiled" at the New Bedford Art Museum. We've also got a musical journey through Christmas history, the annual Christmas ...