The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements ...

"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reached a remarkable milestone—its 100,000th exposure, capturing an image of a quasar located 9 ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the ...

In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the ... it would have been brighter than Venus in the sky over Earth, despite being located 2,400 light-years away.

A stunning Hubble image showcases a spiral galaxy seemingly intertwined with a nearby star—but looks can be deceiving! This ...

Hubble’s latest image reveals the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy visible from Earth without a telescope.

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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, ...

Young stars enveloped in a transformative cocoon of gas shine brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

It is showing only a tiny fraction of the Veil Nebula, which is roughly as wide as six of Earth’s moons placed side by side. Hubble has previously snapped images of this nebula in 1994 ...

"It was actually a total surprise to find the satellites in that configuration and we still don’t fully understand why they appear that way." ...