Flame Nebula lights Orion on fire in new fantastic images
It's like a wildfire in space.
Tag: nebula
The most energetic light recorded thus far hits Tibetan plateau
Gamma-ray particles trillions of times more energetic than regular light hit the Tibetan plateau.
How to “Weigh” Baby Planets
Weighing without using a scale.
Phosphorus — a crucial ingredient for life — might be a lot less common in the universe than we thought
The odds of finding alien life are getting slimmer by the day.
Hubble captures the death of a star, offering a glimpse of our sun’s final days
A spectacular image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) gives us a glimpse into ...
3D map of the Pillars of Creation shows the same shaping forces will also destroy them
Using the MUSE instrument aboard ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have made a three dimensional view of the famous ...
New images of Tarantula Nebula may help refine star formation theory
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently completed one of its most thorough and ambitious mozaic projectes. Astronomers at Hubble, stitched together ...
The stunning Eye of God nebula
Arguably, NGC 7293 is maybe the most stunning deep space photograph astronomers have captured thus far. The nebula, located approximately 700 light-years ...
“Ring Nebula” imaged in stunning never before seen 3-D detail
Not too long ago, the Ring nebula was thought to be shaped like a sphere. New Hubble observations, coupled with ...
Stunning Horsehead nebula imaged in infrared
Two fantastic space telescopes, Hubble and ESA's Herschel, have teamed up to image one of the most popular astronomical sights ...
Lobster nebula shines in new light after infrared observation
An infrared image of the Lobster nebula, filled with glowing clouds of gas and tendrils of dust surrounding hot young ...
Newly imaged nebula looks like a manatee in space
The Very Large Array radio telescope network in New Mexico recently captured this amazing view of a 20,000 year old ...
Beautifully colored ‘seagull nebula’ imaged
Nebulae are among the most brightest objects in the sky, and besides their fantastic halo in the night sky, which ...
Pulsating embryonic stars in the Orion Nebula imaged by infrared telescopes
Located beneath the three stars that form the belt of Orion the Hunter, the Orion Nebula is one of the ...
Eta Carinae – the star that exploded, but didn’t die
Around 1843, on the night sky all of a sudden a new luminous star made its appearance. That luminous star, ...
The Carina Nebula in all its splendor [AMAZING PHOTO]
This incredible photo of the Carina Nebuna, a massive star formation , was taken by the The European Southern Observatory’s Very ...
Stars spew out organic matter into space – life may have its origin in star dust
A new study published by researchers at University of Hong Kong has produced controversial waves among the astronomy community, as ...
Stunning image of “O-ring” shapped nebula
The brilliant image from above was captured by Spitzer space telescope and depicts a ring shaped region formed by hot ...
A star is born [great pics]
The nebula you are looking at is known as the North American nebula, and the pictures were taken with the ...
