From auroras at 36,000 feet to comet flybys and eclipses, these are the standout images our readers shared with Space.com in ...

A mesmerizing deep-space photograph of Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN), captured in front of the Eagle Nebula, has sent shockwaves through the astrophotography community. The image, snapped by professional ...

High in the southern sky around 4 A.M. local daylight time is the stunning Swan Nebula (M17), also known as the Omega Nebula. It glides serenely through northern Sagittarius, far above the spout of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This landscape of "mountains" and "valleys" speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge ...

One of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions in our galaxy, the Omega, or Swan, Nebula, came to resemble the shape resembling a swan’s neck we see today only relatively recently. New ...