Photo Credit: NASA In this image, you can see the beautiful swirling clouds of gas and dust around the Tarantula Nebula. Photo Credit: ESA IC 1805, known as the Heart Nebula. Photo Credit: ESA ...

A binary system 18,000 light-years away, emits X-rays as a Sun-like star orbits a dense companion, either a neutron star or black hole. Telescopes like Chandra, IXPE, and XMM-Newton capture its ...

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Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological ...

The star cluster Pismis 24 sits at the heart of the glowing nebula NGC 6357 ... This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Serpens Nebula — a star-forming region about 1,300 ...

powering an X-ray nebula that stretches across 150 light-years. This mosaic of the Heart and Soul nebulae was captured by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. Thanks to new data ...

Over 2 decades of Chandra X-ray Observatory views of the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A have been time-lapsed. The Chandra team explains here. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

The clue to the central star's nomadic past comes in the form of a distinct bow shock observed adjacent to the star — a telltale sign the star is plowing through the nebula, compressing gas and dust ...

The Butterfly Nebula: The image showcases wing-like structures of hot gas spewing from a dying star. The Butterfly Nebula is about 2,500–3,800 light-years away from us. The Stingray Nebula ...

is part of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant and includes NGC 6992 and NGC 6995 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: J.

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a striking cosmic vista featuring the grand design spiral galaxy M81 alongside the ...

You need to start with a star shedding material ahead of the explosion, something common in several types of supernova.