Oct 12, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A multinational team of astronomers led by Dr Joel Kastner of Rochester Institute of Technology has captured stunning views of four planetary nebulae:...

Oct 10, 2012 by News Staff

ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a beautiful image of the Thor’s Helmet Nebula. The Thor’s Helmet Nebula, also known as NGC 2359, as...

Sep 27, 2012 by News Staff

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...

Aug 21, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

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...

Jun 20, 2012 by News Staff

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...

May 18, 2012 by James Freeman

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...