The Crab Nebula It shines with a strange sort of light that gives evidence of a wholly unexpected natural phenomenon. This glowing body of gas is apparently a gigantic electron synchrotron ...

The exploding supergiant star—the result of its core collapsing ... Its remnants can still be seen as the Crab Nebula (M1) in the constellation of Taurus. A cloud of gas and dust expanding ...

Crab Nebula: This Hubble image gives the most detailed view of the entire Crab Nebula ever. The Crab is among the most interesting and well studied objects in astronomy. Butterfly emerges from ...

What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

colorful stars, and lifelike gray dust formations combine to create an image of yearning cloud creatures at dusk, reaching for something just out of frame.” The Crab Nebula is a remnant of a ...

NGC 6302, in the Milky Way’s Scorpius constellation, spans two light-years, with glowing gas expelled from a star 2200 years ago. This towering structure in the Eagle Nebula is a 9.5 light-year ...

We are staring "right down the barrel of it, which is really quite surprising to me — we're just lucky." One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a ...

Glimpse Into the Orion Nebula The Hubble Space Telescope’s latest Picture of the Week offers a stunning glimpse into the ...

A dazzling glimpse into the Orion Nebula reveals two young stars, showcasing their brilliance amid cosmic dust. The Hubble Space Telescope's latest image captures the awe-inspiring beauty of this ...