This complex cluster of emission nebulae is known as N11, and was discovered by American astronomer and NASA astronaut Karl Gordon Henize in 1956. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope brings a new image of ...

Many good things come in threes: the Three Musketeers, the Three Tenors, movie and book trilogies, and more. There seems to be something symmetrical, beautiful, and satisfying when using the power of ...

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After 30 years of observing, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite deep-sky objects. These look best with a large ...

Some deep-sky objects stand on their own. Others pair up with notable companions. Occasionally, the surrounding star field helps elevate a rather ordinary object’s status. Such is the case with the ...

The Gum Nebula is an emission nebula almost 1400 light-years away. It's home to an object known as "God's Hand" among the faithful. The rest of us call it CG 4. Many objects in space take on ...

A rosy red nebula takes center stage in a new photo from the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The expansive cloud of dust and gas, known as IC1284, is an emission nebula, a bright, diffuse cloud ...

An illustrative set of 8 individual WEAVE LIFU emission-line images of the Ring Nebula. The colour in each panel tracks the brightness of emission, with brown-red being the most intense, shading ...

A massive cloud of dust and glowing gases speckled with newborn stars in the shape of a seagull shines in a stunning image captured by a telescope in Chile. A new photo from the European Southern ...

About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a stunning and slightly eerie nebula. Also known as the ghost of Cassiopeia, IC 63 is being shaped by radiation from a nearby ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has returned spectacular new images of perhaps the most famous nebula in the night sky. The images published today show the Crab Nebula, known as M1, the leftovers of a ...

Figure 2: An illustrative set of 8 individual WEAVE LIFU emission-line images of the Ring Nebula. The colour in each panel tracks the brightness of emission, with brown-red being the most intense, ...