NASA has released a beautiful photo snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the planetary nebula NGC 3918.
This Hubble image shows the planetary...
Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have discovered an unusual laser emission from the planetary nebula Menzel 3 (often referred to as...
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have produced the first detailed optical maps of the gas and dust distributed throughout the spectacular...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected blobs of plasma being ejected near a dying red giant star called V Hydrae.
This image...
Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have been able to study stellar evolution in real time.
This image of the Stingray Nebula was taken...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of the startlingly symmetrical nebula Hen 2-437.
This Hubble image shows the young planetary...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the planetary nebula Menzel 2, which is found in the southern constellation Norma.
This composite...
Using the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers captured...
ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile has captured the best view yet of the little-known nebula ESO 378-1, also known as the Southern Owl Nebula, PN K...
The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a planetary nebula called NGC 6818.
This...
The Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of NGC 6565.
This Hubble image shows the planetary...
A giant elliptical galaxy called Messier 87 merged with a medium-sized spiral galaxy in the last billion years, according to a comprehensive study of 300...
The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a spectacular new image of a planetary nebula known as NGC...
Astronomers using the SPHERE-ZIMPOL instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have confirmed the presence of the circumstellar dust disk around...
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have managed to obtain the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula.
This image...
At the heart of the unusual planetary nebula Henize 2-428, a group of astronomers led by Dr Miguel Santander-Garcia from the Observatorio Astronomico Nacional...
Using two orbiting space telescopes, astronomers have captured a striking new image of the nebula NGC 3242.
This image combines X-ray data collected by...
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have captured a beautiful new image of the planetary nebula Abell 33.
This image shows the planetary nebula...