The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which operates Webb, recently released an image of a planetary nebula known as ...

Wallpapers By Space.com Staff published 12 September 2012 The oddly shaped Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) is pictured in this image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.(Image credit: ESO) ...

The nebula, named for its elongated appearance, is an interstellar shockwave seen nearly edge-on. The shockwave travels through space at an astonishing 310,685 mph (500,000 km/h).

Over 2 decades of Chandra X-ray Observatory views of the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A have been time-lapsed. The Chandra team ...

The gorgeous Eagle Nebula is one of the most iconic objects in the cosmos, known affectionately as the Pillars of Creation. One of the most famous images ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope ...

Hubble has imaged the Veil Nebula before, most recently in 2015, but this newer image zooms in on a smaller area of the nebula to show it in detail. Its colors also represent different elements ...

The space agency notes that the Nebula was one of the first targets studied by the Spitzer Space Telescope following its launch in 2003. The infrared observatory will be retired on Thursday.

A nebula is a large cloud of gas and dust in space. According to NASA, a nebula often forms in areas where a new star is forming or another star is dying.

The Cone Nebula belongs to a larger star-forming region called NGC 2264, which was discovered in 1785 by German-born British astronomer William Herschel, who in 1781 discovered Uranus.