The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning view of NGC 6302, highlighting the nebula’s intricate structure ...

In 1993, when the Hubble Space Telescope surveyed the Orion nebula for the first time, its images provided a substantial boost for the argument that stars with planetary systems are commonplace in the ...

Astronomers have revealed a cosmic butterfly to mark 25 years of a powerful space telescope. Students voted for the Gemini ...

Located 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in the Scorpius constellation, this nebula's unusual shape is a result of its central ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of the Ring Nebula. The images were released Thursday by an international team of astronomers, including three from the Canadian Western ...

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 a recent study published in Astronomy and ...

Images of two iconic planetary nebulae taken by the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing new information about how they develop their dramatic features Researchers from Rochester Institute of ...

Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar development ...

Astronomers have seen the first direct evidence of the birth of a planet in the form of snowballing dust grains, helping to confirm the theoretical scenario for how Earth and the other planets formed ...

This week, we present three dazzling astrophysical images from three different observatories, along with two pictures of Mars ...