The Orion Nebula, the closest massive star-forming region to Earth, has long captivated stargazers with its brilliant glow ...

NASA has shared stunning images of various star clusters. Here are a few of these captivating shots. The bright glow of the ...

Cao Jun has set up a small observatory at his goat pen where he takes pictures of the universe every night after work. The 30 ...

Winter skies can be the clearest of the year and the richest in stars. Here are some of the constellations and planets to ...

Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project captured this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the constellation Orion.

Given that by conservative estimates our galaxy harbors at least 200 billion ... and dust and is known to astronomers as M42, the Orion Nebula. It seems to have a large number of low-mass stars ...

An important clue to which perspective was right seemed to be hidden in the nebulae—fuzzy smears of light ("nebula" means "fuzzy ... only one star system (or galaxy) among myriad others.

Stretching almost 1,500 light-years across, NGC 604 is nearly 100 times larger than the Orion Nebula in our own galaxy. NHC 604 contains more than 200 hot, massive young stars — significantly ...

Cosmic Leviathan: A galaxy cluster, resembling a submerged sea monster, distorts spacetime around it, as captured by the ...

To mark the occasion, astronomers have released a special anniversary image of two nebulas, which lie within a satellite galaxy of the ... from the spectacular Orion Nebula to the fabulous ...

Bicolour Veil Nebula, a remnant of a giant supernova explosion, by Peter Feltoti from Hungary The shortlisted photographers captured sights from across our Solar System, galaxy and the wider Universe.