Many scientific terms are very specific, but the term nebula is, well, nebulous. In a very generic sense, it simply means a fuzzy thing. But there are a wide variety of astronomical objects that can ...

NGC 6543, the Cat's Eye Nebula, is a high surface brightness planetary nebula located in the constellation Draco, discovered in 1786 and spectroscopically confirmed as gaseous in 1864. With an ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula. Credit: T.A.Rector (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA ...

Planetary nebulae are not planets, but are named for their appearance through early telescopes. Our Sun will become a white dwarf star surrounded by a planetary nebula in the distant future. The Owl ...

EXCLUSIVE: Creator hub Nebula has ordered its first scripted original series, Sub/liminal, with Oscar-winning producer Dan Jinks (American Beauty, Big Fish) on board to executive produce. The new dark ...

A beautiful image of a distant nebula has been captured using the international Gemini Observatory, located in Chile. The image shows the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula, a star-forming region that is one ...

Colorful and wispy Sharpless 2-296 forms the “wings” of an area of the sky known as the Seagull Nebula — named for its resemblance to a gull in flight. This celestial bird contains a fascinating mix ...

About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a stunning and slightly eerie nebula. Also known as the ghost of Cassiopeia, IC 63 is being shaped by radiation from a nearby ...

Kevin Gill knew that things were getting serious with his astrophotography when he sold an old guitar in order to buy a new camera. The software engineer has been capturing celestial objects from his ...

The latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope turns a quiet patch of sky into a spectral scene, revealing a so‑called “Ghost Nebula” where a dying star is shedding its outer layers into space. The ...

The world is your oyster, as the expression goes – and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, with its advanced instruments and favourable location in orbit above Earth’s atmosphere, has far more of the ...