Chandra X-ray observations of a remarkable planetary nebula called NGC 2392 have revealed superheated gas around the dense, hot core of the nebula.
This...
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a remarkable new view of the Horsehead Nebula in infrared light.
This new Hubble image...
A new infrared image from ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile reveals a landscape of...
Astronomers using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array have captured a new view of a 20,000-year-old supernova remnant that resembles an endangered species...
A multinational team of astronomers led by Dr Joel Kastner of Rochester Institute of Technology has captured stunning views of four planetary nebulae:...
Astronomers at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile have captured a new image of part of the Seagull Nebula.
This cloud of gas known as Sharpless 2-292...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging.
This is a Hubble...
ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has taken the most detailed image so far of the stellar nursery called NGC 6357.
ESO's VLT has taken the most detailed...
A team of astronomers at the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii has taken a stunning image of the planetary nebula Sharpless 2-71.
The complex planetary nebula...
