The first attested mention of a nebula comes from the Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, who wrote in 964 about a "little cloud" we know today as the Andromeda Galaxy. Less than a hundred ...
Here are ten breathtaking images of the milky way galaxy captured by NASA 1. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star ...
NASAHubble telescope captured a glimpse of the Red Spider Nebula, a planetary nebula in the Sagittarius constellation. This region of star formation contains the Pillars of Creation, which was made ...
Why it's so special: NGC 6357, also called the Lobster Nebula, is busy giving birth to ... the biggest-ever infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy. Infrared-sensitive cameras are critical in ...