Terzian gave me a copy of his Optical Atlas of Galactic Supernova Remnants and explained his ideas ... a reverse shock wave ...

In fact, many dark nebulae along the galactic plane become visible under dark skies, including the Great Rift, which sprawls from Cygnus to Centaurus. To find the Dark Horse, look to the right of ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...

A collaboration of scientists from The University of Manchester and the University of Hong Kong have found a source for the mysterious alignment of stars near the Galactic Centre. The alignment of ...

A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal has introduced a new theoretical model that explains astrophysical outflow phenomena spanning 12 orders of magnitude, from protostars to ...

NGC 3603 is a cluster of massive, hot stars encircled by clouds of interstellar gas and dust, which serve as the building blocks for new star formation.

The face of this cosmic owl is created by a bubble of gas flowing out from an ageing star in UrsaMajor. Due to their round shape, such nebulae are know as planetary nebula - though in reality they ...

The Tarantula Nebula is one of the most luminous and active star-forming regions in our galactic backyard. The rich reservoirs of dust and gas within the Tarantula Nebula provide the material ...

2005) mosaic centred on the core of Galactic open cluster M 37 (NGC 2099). The low surface brightness bipolar PN (IPHASX J055226.2+323724) is encompassed by a red circle with a diameter of 445 x ...

Terzian gave me a copy of his Optical Atlas of Galactic Supernova Remnants and ... a reverse shock wave propagating from the outer edge of the nebula back toward the central star, sublimating ...

Hubble Space Telescope image of the colorful clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years from Earth. . | Credit: ESA/Hubble ...