NOIRLab and the National Science Foundation's Gemini North telescope, located on Maunakea in Hawai'i, captured a mesmerizing photo of NGC 1514, nicknamed the Crystal Ball Nebula. It looks a lot different than the photo the James Webb Space Telescope captured last year, and frankly, unlike nearly any other space photo.
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Space may truly be the final frontier, but maybe that frontier can be closer than you thought. Pictures of nebulae and planets bring the colorful sights of deep space right …read more
We share here a detailed image of the famous “Crab Nebula” (Messier 1), likely the most famous supernova remnant in our Milky Way. We also show how it expanded in almost 20 years. The...
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We present our image of NGC 6992, the eastern component of the famous and dramatic “Veil Nebula”, a spectacular supernova remnant in Cygnus. The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 22, 300-second...
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We imaged the famous “Cone Nebula” and the adjacent “Christmas Tree” open star cluster. The image above comes from the average of 27, 30-second exposures, remotely taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount ME+C3Pro61000EC robotic unit available as...
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We unveil the legendary “Horsehead” (Barnard 33) nebula and the many gems adorning the same spot of the sky, sharing here such a unique view. The outstanding image above shows the legendary “Horsehead Nebula”...
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A dying star’s final breath creates a haunting, brain-shaped cosmic silhouette.
The European Space Agency's (ESA) remarkable and relatively new Euclid space telescope teamed up with NASA and ESA's venerable Hubble Space Telescope (Hubble) to capture beautiful photos of the Cat's Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543.
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured plenty of incredible, jaw-dropping photos since its first five images were published in July 2022. But few have been quite as spectacular and otherworldly as Webb's latest shots of Nebula PMR 1, a rarely-studied nebula nicknamed the "Exposed Cranium."
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Two studies reveal complex molecules and peptide bonds forming in interstellar space.