A nebula is formed from the dying star's outer envelope, which is puffed off into space following the star's red giant phase. The Southern Ring Nebula was imaged in December 2022 by the James Webb ...

Illuminated by the giant blue star Rigel ... and will one day vanish entirely. The ominous Hand of God Nebula (PSR B1509-58) is a window into the stellar afterlife. After exploding in a violent ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Orion Nebula is a giant gas cloud 1,344 light years away. It's also a cosmic factory for producing new stars. Astronomers recently observed over 900 small ...