Every star you see in the night sky forms from a nebula, which is a large region of dust and gas in space. One such nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, is visible with binoculars or small telescopes and is ...

At its heart is a star cluster, NGC 2244 ... appears to spiral as it twists around the magnetic field lines entwined within the nebula. Also, among the gases are many Bok globules — compact ...

Mexico is less conspicuous and the West Coast blends into the rich Milky Way star field. UHC filters really bring out the nebula, while reducing the glare from the foreground stars. Make sure to ...

This magnetic field is parallel to the outflows ... in that it does not seem to be part of a larger star-forming region like ...

The National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus West molecular cloud, a region of space that's so dense with gas that light ...

The Wide Field Camera 3 was installed on Hubble ... Within a few million years, NASA says radiation and winds from the stars will gradually disperse the nebula’s gas. During its waning years ...

Star factory': The star-forming nebula W51 is one of the largest "star factories" in the Milky Way galaxy. Interstellar dust blocks the visible light emitted by the region, but it is revealed in ...

The Veil Nebula is roughly 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. It is the remnants of a star that was roughly ... filters by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 and highlights hydrogen ...

The nebula is a young star-forming region mostly filled with ... Multiple bright stars are featured in the image sprinkled across the field. Most of them have extensive eight pointed diffraction ...

This stunning portrait of a star-forming nebula is a throwback ... to spiral as it twists around the magnetic field lines entwined within the nebula. Also, among the gases are many Bok globules ...