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Images of the same colorful nebulae 25 years apart are a key example of why the Hubble Space Telescope's longevity matters ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Crab Nebula, showing the movement of filaments and changes in gas composition over ...

One of the most fascinating and beautiful deep space objects an astrophotographer can image is a nebula. The word nebula means cloud or fog. The reality is that it is a distinct body of interstellar ...

The new image captured by Hubble observes the nebula’s intricate filamentary structure.

Given its size, close distance, and how often it is photographed, it would be easy to surmise that the Orion Molecular Cloud tops the list of the largest star forming regions in our galaxy. But, in ...

As we continue to break new ground in the field of cosmology, the importance of carefully categorizing the objects we see comes into focus. Part of this stems from the fact that, increasingly, we find ...

Astroimaging involves a profound irony. While the goal of photography is to capture light, the majority of what astrophotographers capture in their images is utter darkness. Oh sure, the intended ...

NASA has released an image of a spooky pitch-black nebula that is blocking starlight. Nebulae—giant interstellar clouds of gas and dust—may often be thought of as explosions of color. The so-called ...