Oregon stargazers have plenty of reasons to look up throughout August – a month marked by meteor showers, planetary conjunctions, and even a visible nebula. A formation known as the "dumbbell nebula" ...

A nebula is a luminescent giant cloud of dust and gas in space that could be from a supernova or could be a star-forming region. The "dumbbell nebula," also known as Messier 27, is what astronomers ...

An international team of astronomers has employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a complex planetary nebula known as NGC 6302. The observations, detailed in a paper published Feb. 25 ...

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 ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The James Webb Space Telescope has helped researchers learn new information about how the Earth may have been formed as it gives a ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --The James Webb Space Telescope has helped researchers learn new information about how the Earth may have been formed as it gives a deeper look into the Butterfly Nebula. The telescope ...

The space around our planet is filled with mysteries and wonders, many of which are brought to light with reassuring regularity by the space telescopes that keep watch of our surroundings. The most ...

A searchlight shines through concentric circles of fresh stardust ejected by a dying star in this beautiful new image of the Egg Nebula. The dramatic scene, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, ...