Footage from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope that celebrates 35 years in space. Images of Mars, planetary nebula NGC 2899, ...

Astronomy magazine is proud to announce the winners of its 2026 Astrophotography Contest, presented by Celestron — the ...

The Circinus West molecular cloud has been captured by the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam). DECam is mounted on the ...

The Orion Nebula is a large star-forming region visible to the naked eye. Some of the young stars in the nebula are ...

The shape is formed by the remains of a dying star with a very dense stellar core that is shedding its outer layers.

The overall winner of the competition is The Quiet Predator by Ali Alobaidly from Kuwait, which captures the massive, dark absorption of the Shark Nebula. The panel of judges also selected winners ...

The Halloween season is here, and even the cosmos get in on the occasion—at least if you squint hard enough at the night sky. To gear up for the celebrations, NASA recently highlighted a pair of ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winner of its Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition for an image of the Shark Nebula. The dark nebula is made from interstellar dust dense ...

The Orion Nebula (M42) is one of the most impressive sights in the night sky — part of a complex of hydrogen gas that is producing a new generation of stars. It makes a terrific target during the ...

M😎: "There are shrimp in space, and lions too. Now even an ant!? Is this finally a space zoo? 🤣"L🌕: "If you only hear the ...

The Gum Nebula is an emission nebula almost 1400 light-years away. It's home to an object known as "God's Hand" among the faithful. The rest of us call it CG 4. Many objects in space take on ...

On winter evenings, Orion is one of the easiest star patterns to find in the sky. Its identifying feature is a row of three stars which make up the belt of the legendary hunter, Orion. Above the belt ...