Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released a new trove of images capturing the Orion nebula this week—the latest stunning images of the far reaches of space that the advanced ...

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A new Hubble Space Telescope image offers the most detailed view of the Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 light-years from ...

The Hubble Space Telescope revisited the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation, capturing them in visible light. The image reveals glowing gas, dark dust, and the nebula’s iconic rust-coloured pillars.

Often, on closer inspection, nebulae turn out to be much more than meets the eye. These smudges of color become troves of scientific data. Take for example the Orion Nebula. Forming the middle ...