Planetary nebulae have nothing to do with planets. They simply appeared kinda like planets in telescopes long ago, their ...

Beyond our galactic neighborhood, we usually deal with fewer than 100 detections per galaxy,” explains Fabian Scheuermann of ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Scientists have discovered that something is making cosmic distance markers appear much farther away than they should be.

The galactic masterpiece combines over 100 exposures to reveal previously unseen features of stars in formation.

A stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, located 11 million light-years away, painted in thousands of colors by the VLT, ...

The Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253, is similar in size, mass, and shape to our own spiral Milky Way. ESO researcher Enrico Congiu said ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed image of a galaxy of its kind ever seen. The “incredibly detailed” picture shows ...

What new methods can astronomers develop to image distant galaxies while enabling them to learn about their stars and other celestial objects? This is what | Space ...

Abell 78 is an unusual planetary nebula formed as a dying star collapses into a dense, hot white dwarf after exhausting its ...