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We have never seen the Egg Nebula like this. In a new image taken by Hubble, we can see that the death throes of a dying star ...

All good things must come to an end, and that is even true for planets. Recent research has uncovered what appears to be the grizzly death of an exoplanet in the nearby Helix Nebula, which seems to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Milky Way's plane cuts through the northwestern corner of Ara the Altar, blessing this southern constellation with a surplus ...

The Calabash Nebula, pictured here – which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 – is a spectacular example of the death of a low-mass star like the sun. This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space ...

A new image of the closest star-forming nebula to Earth shows the effect massive stars have in transforming the region. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Rays of light beam from a mass of dust, glancing off banks of cloud 1,000 light years from Earth. The nebula glows not ...

The James Webb Space Telescope continues to impress with stunning images of the universe. The latest image shows a doughnut-shaped structure of glowing gas known as the Ring Nebula. The image peers ...

A jaw-dropping new view of the "Eye of Sauron" nebula may give us a glimpse of the fate of our sun. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the ...

The Orion Nebula, which bears the name of the famous hunter from Greek mythology who was killed by a scorpion's sting, shines in full dusty glory in this newly-released image by NASA. The stunning ...

The Milky Way's plane cuts through the northwestern corner of Ara the Altar, blessing this southern constellation with a surplus of deep-sky delights. But perhaps none surpasses the stunning emission ...