The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.

Beyond our galactic neighborhood, we usually deal with fewer than 100 detections per galaxy,” explains Fabian Scheuermann of Heidelberg University, following his team’s finding of 500 new planetary ...

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

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

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

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

A new study lends support to the notion that JuMBOs (Jupiter-mass binary objects) discovered by the James Webb Space ...

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 parts of the Sculptor Galaxy that have never been seen before. Scientists ...

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 ...

Astronomers have unveiled a vivid image of the Sculptor galaxy, captured by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. Located 11 million light-years away, the galaxy's intricate ...