The wispy clouds of a distant nebula bursting with newborn stars take on an eerie face-like shape sculpted by stellar winds in a new photo snapped by a telescope in Chile. The hotbed of star birth, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Avast, mateys! Unsheathe your spyglasses and train them on the southern skies. There sails a star ...

In 1797, legendary astronomer William Herschel first caught sight of this object and declared it “a very remarkable phenomenon.” Although it’s sometimes called the Clownface Nebula, it’s probably ...

Emission nebulae are glowing clouds of interstellar gas excited by hot, young stars within their folds. Because much of the emitted light is caused by intense ultraviolet radiation stripping electrons ...

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People often see the same things in very different ways. Such is the case with NGC 3324, a stellar nursery located on the edge of the Carina Nebula. Images of the area, located roughly 7,500 light ...

The wispy clouds of a distant nebula bursting with newborn stars take on an eerie face-like shape sculpted by stellar winds in a new photo snapped by a telescope in Chile. The hotbed of star birth, ...