The Gemini South telescope is turning 25, and astronomers are celebrating its birthday with a dazzling new image of the ...

The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning view of NGC 6302, highlighting the nebula’s intricate structure ...

The Red Spider Nebula gives us a possible preview of what might happen to our own Sun in about 5 billion years: as the Sun runs out of fuel, it may also swell into a red giant, shed its outer layers, ...

Recent images of the Horsehead Nebula are the sharpest infrared images ever, per the agency NASA Space aficionados are raving about the latest images released of a special horse-shaped nebula.

The Hubble Space Telescope is still trucking along more than 30 years after its launch, observing the universe and sending home images for us to marvel at. This week, NASA and ESA highlighted an image ...

The image was captured by NIRCam, Webb's primary near-infrared imager, which aims to provide high-resolution imaging and ...

The Gemini South telescope is located on Cerro Pachón mountain in the Chilean Andes, at an elevation of over 2,700 meters ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Cat's Eye Nebula, photographed by Emil Andronic. | Credit: Emil Andronic. Amateur ...

Why it's so special: The death of a star can be the catalyst for one of the most beautiful sights in the universe. To see that, look no further than the latest images from the James Webb Space ...

"The Crab Nebula lives up to a tradition in astronomy: The nearest, brightest, and best-studied objects tend to be bizarre." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Astronomers using Europe’s Herschel Space Observatory have made the first discovery in space of a molecule including a noble gas. The molecule, argon hydride, was seen in the Crab Nebula, the remains ...

On Feb. 22, 1971, a sounding rocket lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with specialized sensors aimed at the Crab Nebula, a bright cosmic object 6,500 light-years away. In those days, before ...