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.

NASA has unveiled a newly reprocessed image from theHubble Space Telescope that offers a stunning look at a 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust rising from the heart of the Eagle Nebula ...

The new image on the left shows the nebula in the infrared, using observations from Hubble’s high-resolution Wide Field ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf ...

Thanks to the James Webb telescope, we can now see the nebula with more clarity. As one expert says, "We always knew planetary nebulae were pretty. What we see now is spectacular." ...

The new image on the left shows the nebula in the infrared, using observations from Hubble’s high-resolution Wide Field Camera 3. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI); ESO ...

Today, Hubble and amateur stargazers continue his legacy. In 1758, ... Vintage amateur astronomy meets high-res NASA technology. ... nebulae such as the Eagle Nebula (M16) and Crab Nebula ...

According to Dr. Wiseman, "Hubble's high-resolution capabilities allow us to examine the fine details within the nebula, helping us understand how stars expel their material and the dynamics of ...

Hubble had been in space for less than two years when its Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph detected traces of boron in a not-too-distant star. At an estimated age of 14.5 billion years, the ...

The Crab Nebula is one of the brightest supernova remnants in the night sky. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Crab ...

In new, high-resolution imagery of the star-forming region, scientists spotted worlds that defied explanation, naming them Jupiter Mass Binary Objects. An infrared composite image of the inner ...

Ring Nebula's Complex Image. In a high-resolution image captured by Hubble, astronomers have discovered that the Ring Nebula's shape is more complex than initially thought. The blue gas at the ...