Researchers at Michigan State University have taken a significant step toward solving one of astrophysics’ longest-standing ...

Many nebulae close to the galactic bulge – the central section of the Milky Way crowded with stars, gas and dust – align with the galactic plane in a manner NASA once referred to as “bowling pins set ...

MR. J. H. REYNOLDS delivered his presidential address to the Hoyal Astronomical Society on February 14, taking as his subject the “Galactic Nebulae”. At the moment, it may be said that the ...

The University of Hong Kong. (2022, August 29). Discovery of the oldest visible planetary Nebula hosted by a 500-million-year-old Galactic cluster -- a rare beauty with a hot blue heart. ScienceDaily.

New research published by Michigan State University astrophysicists could help scientists answer a century-old question: Where did galactic cosmic rays come from?

Hubble’s dazzling new image reveals colorful gas and dust clouds in the LMC. Using five filters, it maps stellar nurseries ...

In fact, many dark nebulae along the galactic plane become visible under dark skies, including the Great Rift, which sprawls from Cygnus to Centaurus. To find the Dark Horse, look to the right of ...

The winner of the "Stars and Nebulae" category was an image of a galactic nebula around the YY Hya star, taken by Marcel Drechsler from Germany and Xavier Strottner from France over 360 hours of ...

On old images of sky surveys, the pair discovered a previously unknown galactic nebula containing a pair of stars surrounded by a common envelope. The high caliber of this year’s entrants made ...

The Porpoise and Whale Galaxies should be wary, as predators in the galactic ocean lurk nearby—err, within a few million light-years. The Shark Nebula is one of them. Shaped by its birth star's ...