See amazing imagery of the Carina Nebula as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center astrophysicist Amber Straughn explains. Credit: NASA ...
In this image of the nebula, you can see shades of yellow and gold (ionized oxygen), red (ionized hydrogen) and pink (ionized ...
This one—called “Parker’s Star,” the remnant of the supernova SN 1181, named for the year it appeared in Earth’s skies—lies ...
The supernova that caused the nebula was recorded by Japanese and Chinese astronomers in the 12th century. Now, we know ...
Astronomers offered a new hypothesis for what created pairs of objects nicknamed JuMBOs, while other scientists argue they ...
Scientists have identified one of the largest carbon-based molecules in space yet. It could help us decode the origins of ...
"This information will help us fill in the gaps in our knowledge of how brown dwarfs form and their relationship to stars and planets." ...
Newborn stars are surrounded by disks of gas and dust within which planets are born, known as protoplanetary disks. In the ...
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Located 7,100 light-years from Earth, the Bubble Nebula spans an impressive 7 light-years, with its intense central star being 45 times more massive than our Sun! A planetary nebula located 3,000 ...
The Animated Series," this nebula stretches its metaphorical wings across a massive 12 light-years of space. Designated LDN 43, the Cosmic Bat Nebula is located in the night sky nearly 1,400 light ...
Located in Eagle Nebula in the Serpens constellation, the clusters of cool interstellar gas and dust appear splotchy in the Hubble Space ... It is gold in color, so it isn't just the JWST team ...