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A rectangular image with black vertical rectangles at the bottle left and top right to indicate missing data. A young star-forming region is filled with wispy orange, red, and blue layers of gas and dust. The upper left corner of the image is filled with mostly orange dust, and within that orange dust, there are several small red plumes of gas that extend from the top left to the bottom right, at the same angle. The center of the image is filled with mostly blue gas. At the center, there is one particularly bright star, that has an hourglass shadow above and below it. To the right of that is what looks a vertical eye-shaped crevice with a bright star at the center. The gas to the right of the crevice is a darker orange. Small points of light are sprinkled across the field, brightest sources in the field have extensive eight-pointed diffraction spikes that are characteristic of the Webb Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope spies never-before-seen star behavior in distant nebula (video, photo)

By Stefanie Waldek published

A new James Webb Space Telescope image shows perfectly aligned protostellar outflows in the Serpens Nebula, supporting a long-running theory of stellar formation.

James Webb Space Telescope
a wispy nebula colored red, blue, orange and pink against a black background speckled with stars.

Nebula: Definition, location and variants

By Andrew May last updated

Reference Among the most spectacular sights in the sky, nebula come in a range of different types.

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a swath of pink gas stretches across a span of stars in space.

Cosmic 'koi fish' swims through starry sea in stunning telescope photo

By Samantha Mathewson published

The Gum 3 nebula, which resembles a swimming koi fish, is captured in a stunning new photo from the European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope.

Stars
a small bright blue point in the center is surrounded by exploding gas, hued red then diminishing to green before fading into the black of space.

Scientists reveal Southern Ring Nebula's unexpected structure: 'We were amazed'

By Keith Cooper published

The molecular gas ejected by a dying star within the Southern Ring Nebula will one day be recycled into a new generation of stars and planets.

Stars
A rich tapestry of orange and red hues, with swirling clouds of gas and dust. A bright blue hue shines at the center and the entire scene is full of stars.

Astrophotographer captures the Running Chicken Nebula in impeccable detail

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Check out this incredibly detailed image of the Running Chicken Nebula — IC 2944 — captured by astrophotographer Rod Prazeres.

Astrophotography
An opaline view of a nebula in space in the shape of a puffy dumbbell.

Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary with an iridescent Dumbbell Nebula (image)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Take a fresh look at the iconic Dumbbell Nebula on occasion of the Hubble Space Telescope's 34 years in space.

Hubble Space Telescope
photo by the james webb space telescope showing a colorful blue and orange nebula in deep space

Nearby star factory shines in stunning James Webb Space Telescope photo

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on N79, a 1,630-light-year-wide star birthing complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, to produce a stunning image.

James Webb Space Telescope
a gathering of red and pink gaseous nebulas in space in the vague shape of a chicken.

Distant nebula looks like fleeing turkey in festive new Very Large Telescope photo

By Robert Lea published

A festive image from the Very Large Telescope shows the clouds of the 'Running Chicken Nebula' looking like a turkey fleeing a cosmic Christmas dinner.

Astrophotography
the dusty lanes of the milky way with a glowing bit towards the center

The Milky Way's dusty galaxy heart has a super-strange glow (photo)

By Miguel Claro published

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro stitched together an eerie look at the core of our galaxy, the Milky Way, showing glowing lights in the dark.

Astrophotography
a vast nebula with blue-ish white centers and orange yellow outskirts

James Webb Space Telescope dives deep into the Crab Nebula supernova wreckage (video)

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has explored the Crab Nebula in more detail than ever before, hunting for clues about how this supernova remnant was created

James Webb Space Telescope
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