The Rosette Nebula blossoms in deep space, captured in this wonderful image taken by the high-resolution Dark Energy Camera, illustrating how hot, bright stars at the heart of the Rosette are ...

This annual showcase highlights some of the world's best space photography, with winners, runners-up, and highly commended ...

A massive cloud of dust and glowing gases speckled with newborn stars in the shape of a seagull shines in a stunning image captured by a telescope in Chile. A new photo from the European Southern ...

This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases the emission nebula NGC 2313. Emission nebulae are bright, diffuse clouds of ionized gas that emit their own light. ESA/Hubble, R.

This spectacular image of the Orion Nebula, complete with its incredibly rich star-formation region, ... More was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very Large ...

Pass the cranberry sauce! A distant star-forming nebula looks like a turkey fleeing a cosmic Christmas dinner in a new telescope image. The festive photo, taken by the European Southern Observatory's ...

The Hubble Space Telescope may be experiencing problems this week, but it continues to offer a massive trove of data for astronomers to explore — including this week’s image of the beautiful and ...

NASA's Picture of the Day has gifted us with a breathtaking cosmic delicacy: The Prawn Nebula, officially known as IC 4628. Nestled in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, this ...