Hubble glimpses a mesmerizing nebula in Orion with a very distinctive feature. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's not everyday ...

Day 8 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: a mysterious nebula. Details of a complex structure within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) are revealed by this image of the Keyhole Nebula, obtained by ...

Hubble has captured a mesmerizing photo of a cosmic nursery found in Orion. The reflection nebula, which is known as NGC 1999, looks eerily similar to a keyhole. The nebula itself, the European Space ...

The reflection nebular NGC 1999 lies about 1,350 light years from Earth in the constellation Orion, and exhibits an inky black central “keyhole” in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope ...

This is the Carina Nebula, also known as NGC 3372. It is a diffuse nebula and it is about 7,500 light-years from our celestial home; it can be found in the constellation Carina. This image, taken by ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. I love a ...

With ten years in space (and counting), the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 has returned a treasure-trove of great images. Although many of these have been burned into our consciences, others have ...

A tweet sparked a debate over one of the James Webb telescope’s first images. Software developer and amateur astronomer Kevin Jardine, who created the European Space Agency’s Star Density Map and runs ...

Death and new life meet in a photo showing off a nebula located 7,500 light-years away. The Carina Nebula — recently photographed by the VISTA telescope in the Southern Hemisphere — is a ...

Hubble's library is brimming with wondrous snapshots of the universe. The iconic telescope has been peering through millions of stars and galaxies for more than 30 years now, and this stirring and ...

The Red Spider Nebula: Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula some 3000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. The Spirograph Nebula: Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the ...