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The stunning image captures a star's dying moments wrapped in dust, light, and a cosmic conundrum still waiting to be solved.

A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals for the first time the delicate interplay of cosmic dust and stellar winds in the Egg Nebula, a bipolar protoplanetary nebula within the ...

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In this image, the Cocoon Nebula appears as a glowing, heart-shaped cloud, with a star-filled sky stretching behind it.

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “Eye of Sauron.” It is also one of the closest bright nebulae to Earth, located ...

The Pelican Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, the swan.

This glowing emerald nebula seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is reminiscent of the glowing ring wielded by the superhero Green Lantern. This view shows part of the very active star-forming ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.