A battle is raging between darkness and light in the constellation Circinus, and a new image from the National Science…
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QUICK FACTS What it is: The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) Where it is: 7,000 light-years away, in the constellation Serpens…
Read More »SpaceX’s early morning launch of a supply shipment to the International Space Station put on a light show, forming a…
Read More »What it is: NGC 1514, a planetary nebula Where it is: 1,500 light-years distant in the constellation Taurus When it…
Read More »A new X-ray look at the mesmerizing Helix Nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf that might be…
Read More »A huge bipolar outflow of gas and dust, grown from the tumultuous birth of a double-star system, has formed a…
Read More »What it is: The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) star-forming region Where it is: 1,400 light-years away, in the constellation Orion…
Read More »Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image.…
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