NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Dr. Jennifer Wiseman explains the Hubble Space Telescope's view of the Pillars of Creation ...

An unusual x-ray signal from the Helix Nebula, first detected in 19180, could stem from a star destroying a nearby planet.

On average, a planetary nebula should remain visible for some 25,000 years before its shell of gas becomes invisible.

The Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990 and marks 36 years in space later this month. Each year, NASA shares a photo taken by Hubble to celebrate the space telescope's anniversary. The photos show ...

Since it launched into space on April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been an invaluable instrument to astronomers in unraveling the mysteries of the universe. As it orbits the Earth from 340 ...

"With the longevity of the Hubble Space Telescope, even an object like the Crab Nebula is revealed to be in motion, still expanding from the explosion nearly a millennium ago." When you purchase ...

Nearly a millennium ago, astronomers witnessed a brilliant new star blazing in the sky—a supernova so bright it was visible in daylight for weeks. Today, its expanding remnant, the Crab Nebula, ...

Space scientists have revealed a jaw-dropping image of a cosmic cat's eye. A new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features one of the most visually intricate remnants of a dying star: the Cat’s ...

In 1995 NASA published images captured by the then nearly five-year-old Hubble Space Telescope of what the agency described as “one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever seen.” The photographs ...

A searchlight shines through concentric circles of fresh stardust ejected by a dying star in this beautiful new image of the Egg Nebula. The dramatic scene, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, ...