This cool space wallpaper shows a broad panorama of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO's Very ...

The jug-like structure is a rare and short-lived double-lobed planetary nebula. The stellar wreckage left by the death throes of a giant red star takes the appearance of an overflowing cosmic jug ...

The Red Rectangle is an unusual example of what is known as a proto-planetary nebula. These are old stars, on their way to becoming planetary nebulae, explained Nasa. Once the expulsion of ...