This image represents ten total hours of observation and was captured from the Dark Sky Alqueva observatory in Portugal.

The lanes and clouds of dust in the star-forming Orion Nebula (M42) reveal a dark dimension to this familiar object.

We are working our way through some of the astronomical objects in the constellation Orion. Of all of them, my proudest ...

However, a prominent dark ring appearing "a little to the north of the ‘St. Lawrence River' region" - treating the North America Nebula as a map of its namesake - attracted his attention.

Nebulae come in different types, such as emission, reflection, and dark nebulae. One of the most well-known and visible examples is the Orion Nebula. NASA uses cutting-edge telescopes and instruments ...

Dive into a celestial masterpiece with the Hubble Space Telescope's latest snapshot of the Large Magellanic Cloud, showcasing ...

Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star ...

Glimpse Into the Orion Nebula The Hubble Space Telescope’s latest Picture of the Week offers a stunning glimpse into the ...

An international team of scientists has produced the clearest three-dimensional view yet of the Ring Nebula—one of the night sky's most iconic celestial objects. The Ring Nebula is perhaps one ...

What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

Clearly, the Andromeda Nebula was a system of stars quite separate ... so poetically celebrated in Seeing in the Dark. Today, astronomers have measured the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy much ...