This dramatic burst of colour shows a cosmic object with an equally dramatic history. Enveloped within striking, billowing clouds of gas and dust that form a nebula known as M1-67, sits a bright star ...
A growing remnant of a star's supernova explosion is known as the Crab Nebula. This terrible event was documented by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1054 AD, almost a millennium ago, and probably ...
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, a beautifully captured example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scutum (the ...
A new 3D movie highlights the Crab Nebula, beginning with its location in the constellation Taurus and zooming in to show off its dynamic features. Data from the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space ...