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The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.
Globular cluster M15 hides within it a planetary nebula, Pease 1. Observers with large scopes and steady skies can find it.
Beyond our galactic neighborhood, we usually deal with fewer than 100 detections per galaxy,” explains Fabian Scheuermann of ...
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 ...
Footage from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope that celebrates 35 years in space. Images of Mars, planetary nebula NGC 2899, ...
Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...
Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected ...
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 researchers observed the Sculptor Galaxy for over 50 hours with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument ...