narrow shape earned it the nickname “Pencil Nebula". The galaxy UGC 1810, a larger spiral has a distinctive rose-like shape. As per NASA, The larger of the spiral galaxies, known as UGC 1810 ...

The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, is 650 light-years from Earth, according to NASA. It's the remains of a dying star, which is gradually shedding its outer gas layers into the ...

Delicate wings of hot gas spew from a dying star, showcasing a stunning planetary nebula 2,500-3,800 light-years away. A metallic, jewel-like nebula formed by a massive red giant star swallowing ...

This cosmic nebula, a cloud of gas and dust where new stars are born, was spotted by orbiting by NASA Hubble telescope ... distorting it into a rose-like shape. The uncommon spiral patterns ...

To try and crack the case, Estrada-Dorado and his colleagues examined more recent observations of the nebula taken by NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory in 1999 and the European Space Agency’s ...

NASA affectionately calls it a “Space Butterfly,” but in reality it’s a pair of massive gas clouds. Its official name is Westerhout 40 (W40), and it’s a nebula. W40 and nebulas like it are ...

NASA’s Hubble account on X described it vividly: the nebula is “sculpted by the outflow of radiation and stellar winds from a 40,000-degree-Fahrenheit dying star at its center.” The result ...

ESA/Hubble celebrates 35 years with a stunning new image of the Eagle Nebula — a massive cosmic spire sculpted by star ...