nebula

New James Webb Space Telescope images of the Orion Nebula reveal why this spacecraft continues to wow even the most no-nonsense scientists.

Webbed Out

They're right to be excited.

Astronomers Are Losing Their Minds Over "Breathtaking" New James Webb Images

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just caught the "bat shadow" of a newborn star moving, as if it was a pair of flapping bat wings.

Dark Shadows

"The shadow moves. It’s flapping like the wings of a bird!"

NASA Says Hubble Observed a "Flapping Shadow" in Distant Space

A team of astronomers made several new discoveries about what stars go through as they're dying thanks to new images by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Bubbles

You've never seen stars like this before — with one foot in the grave.

Hubble Captures Heartbreaking Images of Dying Stars

A spectacular new view of the Pillars of Creation, released by NASA, shows the iconic cosmic image in a new light: in infrared.

Whispy Pillars

A star is born.

NASA Releases Breathtaking Infrared Image of Pillars of Creation

In 2015, a international team of astronomers watched a white dwarf star gobbling up the planets in its very own system like a mother devouring its young.

Planet Eater

A new field of study is born: "Necroplanetology."

Star Blasts Own Planets Into Shattered Corpses, Devours Remains

A team of astronomers combined data from three different NASA observatories to create a 3-D visualization of the Crab Nebula.

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