Another type of diffuse nebula, a reflection nebula doesn’t emit its own light, but scatters light from embedded stars. (Image credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Kate Su (Steward Obs, U. Arizona) et al ...

Star Gazers host Trace Dominguez breaks down the 5 different types of nebulae: emission, reflection, planetary, supernova remnants and dark. Experience their rich spectrum of colors and find out ...

One type, the integrated flux nebula, is lit only by the distant light of stars in a galaxy such as the Milky Way. Faint and ...

One type, the integrated flux nebula, is lit only by the distant light of stars in a galaxy such as the Milky Way. Faint and cool, they may take hours of exposure time to get a good image.

What Are All the Different Types of Nebula? Ethan Siegel Big Think March 19, 2025 NASA, ESA When most people think about astronomy, they think about the common, light-emitting objects familiar in our ...

It’s one of the most common words used by astronomers—and two of them featured in the James Webb Space Telescope’s debut image package—but do you know what a nebula is?

The Cat's Paw Nebula, photographed here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, is a vast cloud of gas 5,500 light-years from Earth. New research suggests it contains a molecule never seen before in space.