A stunning new Hubble image reveals the most detailed look yet at the Egg Nebula, the youngest and closest pre-planetary ...

Now the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken a new look at PMR-1 with both its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and its ...

The stunning image captures a star's dying moments wrapped in dust, light, and a cosmic conundrum still waiting to be solved.

Water ice on Mars, bubbling gas on a distant star, a snow-covered island, and a pre-planetary nebula are featured this week. Plus, a look back at an image of Mars taken by the Dawn spacecraft during a ...

New Hubble images of the Egg Nebula in the constellation Cygnus brings us the clearest look at the first, youngest, and ...

The image Hubble captured was of the Egg Nebula, in the constellation Cygnus, about 1,000 light-years away, according to NASA.

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. February 20: The Coma Star Cluster shines Head out after moonset this evening to chase down planetary nebula NGC 3242 in ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a remarkable new view of the Egg Nebula, the closest known pre-planetary nebula to Earth. The image captures a Sun-like star casting off its outer layers, ...

Planetary nebulae represent a brief, yet illuminating, phase in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. These glowing shells of ionised gas are shed in the late stages of stellar development ...

A planetary nebula (PN, plural PNe), is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives. The term "planetary nebula" ...