The National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus ...

The cloud, called a dark nebula, is so dense that the hot, bright, baby stars within are hidden from view – but hints of ...

Despite being a "dark nebula," the Circinus West molecular cloud isn't so dark that it can completely hide its young stellar ...

The Orion Nebula, the closest massive star-forming region to Earth, has long captivated stargazers with its brilliant glow ...

Skygazers have dubbed this region the “Gecko Nebula” for its resemblance to ... at longer wavelengths of infrared light. This baby star is in its final stages of formation, and while it ...

Previously: • Webb telescope spots baby Jupiters in distant nebula • 35 years of the Hubble Space Telescope • Stars budding near the Rosette Nebula: new image from Herschel Space Observatory ...

That fuzzy splotch, visible to the naked eye when it is really dark (and easily seen through binoculars) is the Orion Nebula. Throughout the nebula (which is about 30 light years wide), we see a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A newly processed Hubble image of the Eagle Nebula reveals a 9.5 light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust, shaped by radiation and winds from young stars ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a planetary nebula designated Messier 57 (also known as NGC 6720), dubbed the Ring Nebula.