Hubble was recently retrained on the Butterfly Nebula to capture a fuller light spectrum, revealing more about the gas ...

X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Optical: John Stone (Astrobin); Image Processing: NASA/SAO/CXC/L. Frattre, N. Wolk ...

A glittering fireworks display, this is a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2 that resides in a raucous stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29, located 20,000 light-years away from ...

What we think of as “sound” is really just a vibration that travels through some sort of material (what scientists call a ...

“In space no one can hear you scream.” If space were truly empty—an utter vacuum, devoid of any matter—then yes, the Alien ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A newly processed Hubble image of the Eagle Nebula reveals a 9.5 light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust, shaped by radiation and winds from young stars ...

In this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, "cometary knots" on the Helix Nebula show blue-green heads caused by excitation of their molecular material from shocks or ultraviolet radiation.

Explore 21 of the most remarkable images taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, showcasing the beauty and vastness of ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

The Tarantula Nebula, which can be found in the Large Magellanic Cloud, is an active star-forming complex. The intricate shape and colors of its image by James Webb can be seen here. The Ring ...