By analyzing the data from the SuperCOSMOS Hα Survey (SHS) and from the Gaia satellite, astronomers have inspected a bipolar ...

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The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning view of NGC 6302, highlighting the nebula’s intricate structure ...

ASTRONOMERS have spotted a stunning cosmic butterfly with glowing “wings” deep in space. The mind-blowing display is actually ...

The Gemini South telescope is located on Cerro Pachón mountain in the Chilean Andes, at an elevation of over 2,700 meters ...

Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar development ...

The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble’s longest-running optical camera, ...

(Please attempt/guess/answer the poll before reading the 'spoilered' calculations.) A question I've pondered, on occasion, is how much "mass" is in a 'planetary nebula' (the kind of nebula which ...

The image was captured by NIRCam, Webb's primary near-infrared imager, which aims to provide high-resolution imaging and ...

The glorious, billowing Southern Ring Nebula is the cocoon of a dying star — and it has a secret. Scientists have found this nebula to exhibit a double-ring structure that evidences not one, but ...

Oregon stargazers have plenty of reasons to look up throughout August – a month marked by meteor showers, planetary conjunctions, and even a visible nebula. A formation known as the "dumbbell nebula" ...