The Hubble Space Telescope was originally expected to last about 15 years in orbit, before its optical surfaces became too ...

This Hubble image shows ESO 455-10, a planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scorpius. The color image is composed of near-infrared and optical observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 ...

Such a stunning sight is only temporary—on the broader cosmic scale, that is, surviving for merely tens of thousands of years ...

A ruddy nebula reflects the light from a huge, nearby star in this latest image released by the Hubble Space Telescope's operators. The Iris Nebula is a bit mysterious. It's not hot enough to emit its ...

Images of two iconic planetary nebulae taken by the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing new information about how they develop their dramatic features. Researchers from Rochester Institute of ...

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed NGC 6537, the Red Spider Nebula in unprecedented detail, ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures incredible details in the dusty clouds of a star-forming factory called the Tarantula Nebula. Most of the nebulae Hubble images are in our galaxy, ...

In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Sankrit One of the ...

Observatories routinely release "holiday themed" heavenly photos come late December, and this time the Hubble Space Telescope bears good cheer for 2012 in the form of a cosmic Christmas ornament. The ...

This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Veil Nebula, which was featured in a previous Hubble image release. In this image, new processing techniques have been applied, ...

A team of astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture images of a nebula dimming quickly over just 20 years. One researcher called the rapid fading "very, very dramatic, and very weird." ...

WASHINGTON — New views from the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing the spooky-looking Tarantula Nebula in never-before-seen detail. The Tarantula Nebula is located about 160,000 light-years from ...