The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. In its center ...

A team of astronomers recently tapped into JWST’s capabilities to explore the smallest objects in the Flame Nebula.

A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in an ever-expanding cosmos. This breakthrough led to the ...

After boasting of her beauty to the Nereids or sea nymphs, she is punished rather harshly in my view by Poseidon and finds herself tethered to the north star Polaris to spin around it for perpetuity ...

Sky Festival and DeLand Outdoor Art Festival top a busy lineup of weekend events in Daytona Beach and nearby areas.

The Orion Nebula — where young stars are being actively born — serves as a natural laboratory for uncovering the secrets ...

Binoculars never get enough credit when it comes to stargazing. They don’t have as much light-gathering ability and ...

How the Beautiful Butterfly Nebula Gets Its Mesmerising Wings? By MC Science Desk | March 21, 2025 How the Beautiful ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System sailed through the Orion Complex, part of the vast Radcliffe Wave structure. This ...

ACT’s final data set delivers the most precise view of the early universe, mapping cosmic expansion and primordial gas ...

Euclid has two instruments: its visible light camera, VIS, and its near-infrared light camera, NISP. NISP allows Euclid to ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) team has captured the clearest images of the universe in its earliest stages—when it ...