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Baby Stars 'Bursting From Their Natural Cocoons' In Amazing Dark Energy Camera Imagery

The US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at NSF’s NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile ...
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Astronomers capture vast cosmic bat spreading its wings in time for Halloween (photo)

The European Southern Observatory captured a nebula bat during a survey of the Milky Way's galactic plane. Astronomers have ...

These Scary Things in Space Will Haunt Your Dreams

An ominous-looking nebula named NGC 246 lurks in the constellation Cetus about 1,600 light-years away from Earth. It is ...
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James Webb Space Telescope spots the haunting Red Spider Nebula with 3-light-year-long legs

Out in the cosmic landscape, planetary nebulas would offer the perfect Halloween doors to knock on. They're spooky tricksters ...

Red Spider Nebula glows in ethereal new JWST image

This new James Webb Space Telescope image features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537–the Red Spider Nebula. Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), JWST has revealed never-before-seen details in ...