See the Southern Ring Nebula in 3D
Planetary nebulae are one of nature’s most stunning visual displays. The name is confusing because they are the remnants of stars, not planets. But this does not detract from their …
Nebula
Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary of observing the Little Dumbbell Nebula
This is an annotated Hubble Space Telescope image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The object gets its name from its …
Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary of observing the Little Dumbbell Nebula
On April 24, to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s legendary Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier …
Astronomers detect new pulsar wind nebula and its associated pulsars
Composite image of the Milky Way flat area and Potoroo, where the red layer shows the ASKAP total intensity image at 1368 MHz, and the green and blue layers represent …
New 1.5 billion pixel image shows the Running Chicken Nebula in unprecedented detail
The Running Chicken Nebula is made up of multiple clouds, all of which can be seen in this huge image from the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) hosted at ESO’s Paranal …