The Dark Energy Camera at NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile has been used to capture an amazing view ...

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 ...

At 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus, the Crab Nebula has illuminated the night sky since its supernova explosion in 1054. This celestial phenomenon was observed by astronomers ...

A nebula is a giant cloud of dust and gas in space. It is generally the location of dying stars and often contains the remnants of their explosion, also known as a supernova. Many nebulae are ...

The James Webb images capture the Serpens Nebula – a young star-forming region that is roughly 1,300 light years from Earth.

The science of radio astronomy focuses on the observation and study of celestial objects by reading their radio waves. The 5 meter radio-telescope is able to observe different radio sources using a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope used NIRCam (near-infrared camera) and MIRI (mid-infrared observation instrument) to reveal further details of the Ring Nebula using light at different wavelengths ...

NASA and other space agencies have captured vivid images of galaxies, planets, moons, stars, and beyond in 2023. Here are some of the most stunning cosmic photos.

The Crab Nebula’s entire origin story is not yet clear, but the details that JWST’s infrared cameras provide, in conjunction with images from the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories ...

The Crab Nebula has a pulsar, indicating that the core of its supernova progenitor was less than 2.8 times the mass of the sun. But the star itself may have been anywhere from eight to 20 times ...

Video: The Crab Nebula as you've never seen it before: Stunning images by NASA's James Webb telescope offer a new look at 1,000-year-old supernova so bright it was visible from Earth in 1054 ...