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 ... at the end of an outer spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy, Sh2-284 lacks ...

The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, is located 650 million light-years from Earth. It is the glowing remains of a dying star, much like our Sun.

A new X-ray look at the mesmerizing Helix Nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf that might be the source of ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) released the first batch of images and data for its Euclid space telescope. The images focus ...

HFG1 features a prominent bluish arc-shaped shock wave, known as a bow shock, created as the binary star system V664 Cas speeds through our Milky Way galaxy ... outer layers of a dying star. The ...

According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history Star Trek ...

The European Space ... galaxy, causing a double lensing effect. Look at the image above and go to the fourth column, third from the bottom. The image is faint but you can make out two outer ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

Some molecular clouds float at the outer edge of a galaxy's gravitational ... stars in the cluster. Space telescopes completed the hat trick, uncovering evidence of dark nebula features.

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...