It is part of a much larger nebula that is known as the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. Near the center of M42, is a young star cluster dominated by a group of four giant stars called the Trapezium ...

Stunning new imagery and other data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal new details about a pair of enigmatic infrared ring structures accompanying a distant planetary nebula. The new ...

The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. The star V830 Orionis shines ...

In August 2023, shortly after the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft notched a flawless touchdown near the lunar south pole, an instrument onboard its lander, called ChaSTE — short for Chandra's Surface ...

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A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra (blue and white), optical data from Hubble (purple), and infrared data from Spitzer (pink). NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for ...

A planetary nebula is a star in its late stage that has shed its outer layers, leaving behind a small dim star at its center known as a white dwarf, explains the Chandra X-ray Center (CXC ...

If confirmed, this would be the first case of a planet seen to be destroyed by the central star in a planetary nebula. Observations by ROSAT, Chandra, and XMM-Newton between 1992 and 2002 show that ...

If confirmed, this would be the first case of a planet seen to be destroyed by the central star in a planetary nebula. Observations by ROSAT, Chandra, and XMM-Newton between 1992 and 2002 show ...

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The old star might have destroyed a nearby planet. Dating back to 1980, X ...

The closest star-forming region to the solar system, the Orion Nebula (M42) is easy to find with the naked eye but looks its best through any pair of binoculars.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Hubble Space Telescope captured a new image of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant from a star 20 times the mass of the sun that exploded 10,000 years ago ...