Flame Nebula lights Orion on fire in new fantastic images
It's like a wildfire in space.
Tag: nebula
The most energetic light recorded thus far hits Tibetan plateau
Gamma-ray particles trillions of times more energetic than regular light hit the Tibetan plateau.
How to “Weigh” Baby Planets
Weighing without using a scale.
Phosphorus — a crucial ingredient for life — might be a lot less common in the universe than we thought
The odds of finding alien life are getting slimmer by the day.
Hubble captures the death of a star, offering a glimpse of our sun’s final days
A spectacular image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) gives us a glimpse into ...
3D map of the Pillars of Creation shows the same shaping forces will also destroy them
Using the MUSE instrument aboard ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have made a three dimensional view of the famous ...
New images of Tarantula Nebula may help refine star formation theory
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently completed one of its most thorough and ambitious mozaic projectes. Astronomers at Hubble, stitched together ...
The stunning Eye of God nebula
Arguably, NGC 7293 is maybe the most stunning deep space photograph astronomers have captured thus far. The nebula, located approximately 700 light-years ...
“Ring Nebula” imaged in stunning never before seen 3-D detail
Not too long ago, the Ring nebula was thought to be shaped like a sphere. New ...
Stunning Horsehead nebula imaged in infrared
Two fantastic space telescopes, Hubble and ESA's Herschel, have teamed up to image one of the most popular astronomical sights ...
Lobster nebula shines in new light after infrared observation
An infrared image of the Lobster nebula, filled with glowing clouds of gas and tendrils of ...
Newly imaged nebula looks like a manatee in space
The Very Large Array radio telescope network in New Mexico recently captured this amazing view of a 20,000 year old ...
Beautifully colored ‘seagull nebula’ imaged
Nebulae are among the most brightest objects in the sky, and besides their fantastic halo in the night sky, which ...
Hubble captures Dorado galaxy [PHOTO]
Located some 62 million-light years away, the Dorado constellation is home to a galaxy cluster, called the Dorado Group, comprised ...
Pulsating embryonic stars in the Orion Nebula imaged by infrared telescopes
Located beneath the three stars that form the belt of Orion the Hunter, the Orion Nebula is one of the ...
Eta Carinae – the star that exploded, but didn’t die
[caption id="attachment_11648" align="alignright" width="307" caption="The Eta Carinae explosion took place more than 165 years ago - covered in a thick ...
The Carina Nebula in all its splendor [AMAZING PHOTO]
This incredible ...
Stars spew out organic matter into space – life may have its origin in star dust
[caption id="attachment_9567" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A spectrum from the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observator superim, on top of the Orion ...
Stunning image of “O-ring” shapped nebula
[caption id="attachment_7512" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="RCW 120 is just one of many such ringed nebulas found in the Milky Way. (c) ...