Using NuSTAR and XMM-Newton satellites, astronomers from New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi have observed a pulsar known as ...

Greg Meyer from Phoenix, Arizona Three objects fill this vista on the border of Cepheus and Cygnus: the Seahorse Nebula ...

This week’s first large-telescope object is the Box Nebula, a planetary nebula in Sagittarius. Also known as NGC 6445, it glows softly at magnitude 11.2 and measures 34″ in diameter.

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

The planetary nebulas shown here are NGC 6543, also known as the Cat's Eye, NGC 7662, NGC 7009 and NGC 6826. This image was released Oct. 10, 2012. X-ray Emission Image of Planetary Nebula Gallery ...

NGC 1514 (also known as Crystal Ball Nebula) is a large and complex elliptical planetary nebula at a distance of about 1,500 ...

Southern Ring Nebula (NGC 3132) in the constellation of Vela (as imaged most recently by the Webb telescope). This picture taken on September 25, 2019 shows The Orion Nebula, also known as Messier ...

Emirates Astronomy Society achieves a historic milestone by photographing the Crescent Nebula, 5,000 light-years away, ...

Distant planetary nebula NGC 2899 is also shown in a colorful moth-shaped orb, which is a result of an outflow of radiation and stellar winds from a dying, white dwarf star at the nebula’s heart ...

Use the bright star Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major, as a starting point to locate M46 in the constellation Puppis.

Meet NGC 6302, an enormous shell of glowing gas better known as the Butterfly Nebula. Located about 4,000 light-years from Earth, the double-winged nebula is a spectacular example of what happens ...