ESO Views the Ghost of a Dying Star – Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1
A new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope provides the best view to date of planetary nebula ESO 378-1. This extraordinary bubble, glowing like the…
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Hubble Image of Planetary Nebula NGC 6818
This newly released Hubble image shows planetary nebula NGC 6818, which is located 6,000 light-years away from Earth. This colorful bubble is a planetary nebula…
XMM-Newton Views Born-Again Planetary Nebula Abell 78
This newly released image from the XMM-Newton satellite shows Abell 78 – the second born-again planetary nebula discovered. Beneath the vivid hues of this eye-shaped…
Hubble Video Gives 3D Perspective of Gum 29 and Westerlund 2
This short video from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a three-dimensional perspective of nebula Gum 29 and the star cluster Westerlund 2. Celestial Fireworks: Star…
Hubble Image of the Week: Hubble Image of Planetary Nebula NGC 6565
This newly released Hubble image shows planetary nebula NGC 6565. A dying star’s final moments are captured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
15 Must-See Nebula Images from the European Southern Observatory
Over the years the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has provided a state-of-the-art research facility for astronomers around the globe. Many ground breaking discoveries have been…
Hubble Telescope Views Nitrogen-Rich Planetary Nebula
This newly released Hubble image shows planetary nebula NGC 6153, which is located about 4,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Scorpius. The faint…
15 Breathtaking Hubble Images of Supernova Remnant Nebulae
When a star explodes in a supernova, it leaves behind massive clouds of interstellar dust, gas, and plasma. Pictures of these supernova remnant nebulae can…
Survey of Carina Nebula Reveals Details of Star Formation
A newly published study about the Carina Nebula is helping astronomers better understand the processes that may have contributed to the formation of the sun…
Hubble’s View of the Orion Nebula
First released in 2006, this popular image reveals Hubble’s sharpest view to date of the Orion Nebula. The image offers a peek inside a cavern…
The Most Comprehensive Picture of Eta Carinae to Date
This four minute video from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center combines data from NASA satellites and theoretical modeling to produce an unparalleled look into Eta…
ESA Image of the Week: Butterfly Emerges From Stellar Demise of NGC 6302
This ESA image of the week shows the remains of a dying star that was once about five times the mass of the Sun. Known…
Astronomers Discover Water-Building Molecule in Planetary Nebulas
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have discovered a water-building molecule in three planetary nebulas. Using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory,…
Hubble Image of the Day: The Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula
This Hubble image of the day represents the sharpest view ever taken of the Orion Nebula. This dramatic image offers a peek inside a cavern…
ESO’s Very Large Telescope Views Planetary Nebula Abell 33
This newly released image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile shows planetary nebula Abell 33. Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have…
Spitzer Views the Orion Nebula
Using infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers created a new false-color image of the Orion Nebula. Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Views Dying Stars
Three newly released images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope show the remains of dying stars called planetary nebulas. In the spirit of Halloween, scientists are…
ALMA Views the Coldest Place in the Universe: The Boomerang Nebula
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array telescope, astronomers view the coldest known object in the Universe, the Boomerang Nebula. At a cosmologically crisp one degree…