Spectacular and Unusual ALMA Image of Web Filaments in the Orion Nebula
New data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes have been used to create this stunning image showing a web of filaments…
New data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes have been used to create this stunning image showing a web of filaments…
A hole at the heart of a stunning rose-like interstellar cloud has puzzled astronomers for decades. But new research, led by the University of Leeds,…
In an unprecedented deep survey for small, faint objects in the Orion Nebula, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered the largest known population…
Using the ALMA facility, a team of astronomers is the first to obtain spatially resolved observations of gas emission in the protoplanetary disk around the…
This classic Hubble image from 2000 shows planetary nebula IC 418 glowing like a multifaceted jewel with enigmatic patterns. IC 418 lies about 2,000 light-years…
By combining data from several telescopes, astronomers created this captivating new image of the Crab Nebula. The unusual image was produced by combining data from…
A new multi-wavelength image of the Crab Nebula contains data from Chandra, VLA, Spitzer, Hubble, and XMM-Newton. The Crab supernova was observed in 1054 AD…
In the search for rogue planets and failed stars astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have created a new mosaic image of the Orion…
This newly released image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope Survey Telescope shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula and the Lobster Nebula. Astronomers have for a long…
This newly released Hubble image reveals the heart of one of the most visually appealing, and most studied, supernova remnants known — the Crab Nebula….
A team of astronomers reveal how the interplay of magnetic fields and gravitation in the gas cloud lead to the birth of new stars. Space…
This newly released Hubble image shows planetary nebula Hen 2-437. In this cosmic snapshot, the spectacularly symmetrical wings of Hen 2-437 show up in a…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics studying the birth of solar systems have found thirteen stars with detectable disks, none of which is as…
This newly released image from the European Southern Observatory shows a close-up view of the Coalsack Nebula. Dark smudges almost block out a rich star…
This Hubble image of the week shows Planetary Nebula PK 329-02.2. This planetary nebula is called PK 329-02.2 and is located in the constellation of…
This new image from the 6.5 meter Magellan telescope and the Magellan Infrared Spectrograph reveal the deepest look yet into a region of Orion’s belt…
Using the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope, astronomers get one of the best pictures ever taken of the stellar nursery nicknamed the Prawn Nebula (also known as…
This newly released Hubble image shows the Twin Jet Nebula, which is a striking example of a bipolar planetary nebula. Astronomers have shown that the…