December offers a celestial treat with Venus shining as the "Evening Star" and Jupiter at its brightest during opposition.
Thanks to its brightness, Venus is easy to spot this month in the southwest after sunset. You’ll notice it getting a bit ...
In December, Venus dazzles as the "Evening Star," Jupiter reaches its brightest for the year, and the Geminid meteor shower peaks under challenging moonlit skies.
Among all cosmic structures, nebulas might reign supreme in sheer shock and awe factor. And recently NASA’s James WebbSpace ...
The Bubble Nebula, or NGC 7635, is an emission nebula located 8,000 light-years away. This striking new image was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to mark its 26th year in space.
This shot from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way ...
Open star clusters sparkle as Luna and Venus line up and Jupiter’s moons jockey for position in the sky this week.
Over 2 decades of Chandra X-ray Observatory views of the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A have been time-lapsed. The Chandra team explains here. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...
A dying star is throwing a cosmic tantrum in this combined image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), which NASA has lent to the California Institute of ...
A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra (blue and white), optical data from Hubble (purple), ...
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University has uncovered evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human ...
A study reveals the cause behind the Crab Nebula’s zebra radiation pattern: plasma diffraction in the pulsar's magnetosphere.