This swath of dust, which blocks out light from the bright nebula Gum 55 behind it, is known as the Dark Wolf Nebula.

Scientists have taken a close-up picture of a star apparently in its death throes, surrounded by gas and dust as it heads ...

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This image of the Milky Way galaxy was captured by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, in collaboration with NASA. This image of the Milky Way, created by NASA ...

From the mysterious 'Pillars of Creation' to the iconic Horsehead nebula, check out these 7 breathtaking images of Nebulae ...

Nebulae exist in various types, including emission, reflection, and dark nebulae. The Orion Nebula is among the most famous and easily visible examples. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured ...

While the world of astrology is abuzz with the apparent movement of the dwarf planet Pluto, I want to talk about Andromeda, ...

Hubble discovered that the Andromeda nebula was much too far to be within our Milky Way. In fact, the Andromeda nebula was another galaxy, in some ways similar to the Milky Way. Galaxies as ...

Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...

Recently, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics made a surprising discovery within the LHB.