Star Trek has featured some of the most dangerous weapons ever seen in science fiction. These are not just laser guns or ...

This montage of images taken by the Voyager spacecraft of the planets and four of Jupiter’s moons is set against a false-color picture of the Rosette Nebula with Earth ... Earth science, planetary ...

Delicate wings of hot gas spew from a dying star, showcasing a stunning planetary nebula 2,500-3,800 light-years away. A metallic, jewel-like nebula formed by a massive red giant star swallowing ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula ...

This is a planetary nebula named Kohoutek 4-55, a member of the Milky Way galaxy situated just 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan). Planetary nebulae are the spectacular ...

Lagoon Nebula: Located in in the Sagittarius, this cosmic cloud displays swirling pinks and blues from young stars. It is about 4,000 light-years away from us. In this false-color image ...

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

3. The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula, formed from the outer layers of a dying star similar to our Sun, located about 650 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. 4. The images reveal ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a planetary nebula designated Messier 57 (also known as NGC 6720), dubbed the Ring Nebula.