New images of the massive structure is helping astronomers identify the tune being played by the celestial guitar.

In the aftermath, nothing remained, except the intensely hot, newly revealed core of the star and an expanding cloud of gaseous debris, which today we refer to as the Crab Nebula. As of now ...

The portrait shows the giant nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020, part of a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 163,000 light-years away. This Hubble Space Telescope image of the ...

The Guitar Nebula, powered by pulsar PSR B2224+65, produces glowing particles and X-rays. This reveals how particles travel ...

A theoretical astrophysicist from the University of Kansas may have solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery over the origins ...

In this JWST close-up of the nebula, high-speed gas appears to glow blue from the light of young stars nearby. The nebula is ...

Wolf-Rayet 124, a star captured by NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, is surrounded by a nebula with random, asymmetric ejections, resembling tadpoles and tails.

Humanity’s interest in the nebula can be traced back to the year 1181, when astronomers in Japan and China both recorded seeing a new star. After six months, it was gone, but not forgotten.

At over 1,300 light-years from Earth, the Orion Nebula is a stellar nursery where new stars are born, making it one of the most studied objects in astronomy. Bangladeshi astrophotographer Zubuyer ...

From the first deep-field image of the universe, to the stunning portrait of the 'Pillars of Creation', check out these 7 ...

Spitzer spots 'star factory': The star-forming nebula W51 is one of the largest "star factories" in the Milky Way galaxy. Interstellar dust blocks the visible light emitted by the region ...

Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a "flame-throwing guitar" has now been spotted ...