That work was done in the 1920s by Edwin Hubble, the American astronomer for whom the telescope is named. This stunning image shows another part of the Tarantula Nebula, where clouds of colorful ...

(RNS) — When you look into the night sky, the naked eye ... Hubble (1889-1953), working at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California, made a stunning discovery: He calculated that a spiral ...

What sets today’s photos apart from others, such as those taken by Nasa’s Hubble Telescope ... ESA) Cat’s Eye Nebula – a dying star in the constellation Draco – is known for its ...

When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...

The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world ...

This new image, released on April 4, 2025, showcases the dazzling young star cluster NGC 346. Although both the James Webb ...

Kohoutek 4-55 is a dazzling planetary nebula captured in vivid color by the Hubble Space Telescope. Formed by the dramatic ...

A sparkling stellar nursery appears reminiscent of the early universe in new images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust ...

Surrounding the cluster in the Hubble image is a glowing pink cloud called a nebula, where hot, young stars give off ultraviolet light that illuminates the surrounding hydrogen gas. These bright ...

The SMC is close to the bigger Large Magellanic Cloud and is best seen from November to January — unless you're the Hubble Space Telescope, which recently zoomed in on the SMC to reveal its ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula ... in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.