A new image of the Omega Nebula, captured by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), is one of the sharpest ever taken from the ground. It shows the dusty, rose-colored ...

A wave of star formation is crashing through the Omega Nebula, captured in infrared by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The bright nebula in the middle, formally known as M17, has long been recognized ...

Philippe Loys de Chéseaux first discovered the Omega Nebula (M17) in 1764, describing its elongated shape. John Herschel later (1833) noted its resemblance to the Greek letter Omega, leading to its ...

This exceptionally beautiful image shows us another side of the nebula known as the Omega Nebula (formally classified as M17). This emission nebula lies about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the ...

The Omega Nebula, sometimes called the Swan Nebula, is a dazzling stellar nursery located about 5500 light-years away towards the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). An active star-forming ...

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Looking more like a painting than an astronomy photograph, the Omega nebula glows with vivid colors in this new image from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. This is one of the ...

Is that a celestial swan? Perhaps a lobster? The nebula featured in this beautiful image is officially catalogued as Messier 17 and NGC 6618, but it is called many different names, including the Swan ...

The Omega Nebula, a stellar nursery where infant stars illuminate and sculpt a vast pastel fantasy of dust and gas, is revealed in all its glory by a new ESO image. The Omega Nebula, sometimes called ...

The Omega Nebula, a stellar nursery where infant stars illuminate and sculpt a vast pastel fantasy of dust and gas, is revealed in all its glory by a new ESO image. The Omega Nebula, a stellar nursery ...

A new image of the Omega Nebula, captured by ESO's Very Large Telescope, is one of the sharpest of this object ever taken from the ground. It shows the dusty, rose-colored central parts of this famous ...

The Omega Nebula, a stellar nursery where infant stars illuminate and sculpt a vast pastel fantasy of dust and gas, is revealed in all its glory. The Omega Nebula, sometimes called the Swan Nebula, is ...