Doradus 30, also known as 30 Doradus or the Tarantula Nebula, is a massive star-forming region located in the Large ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have observed a supermassive galactic open cluster designated Westerlund ...

A stunning Valentine's view of a nebula contains hidden depths of starbirth and the violent deaths of massive stars.

But, its most distinctive feature is the dark, starry gap called a “superbubble,” visible in this Hubble Space Telescope image. Star jets: This striking image features a relatively rare ...

Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier 81: NGC 3031 is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light ...

This image was captured in 1995 by the the Hubble Space Telescope. The pillars are each a staggering 4-5 light-years in length, and represent only a small portion of the much large Eagle Nebula ...

In this Hubble Space Telescope image, wispy gas clouds and an unusual "superbubble" take center stage. In 2009, Hubble used its new Wide Field Camera 3 to capture the bipolar nebula NGC 6302, also ...

This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia's ability to ... Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy With Nine Rings Feb. 4, 2025 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has ...

Astronomers have measured pulsars spinning at 716 rotations per second, with a theoretical speed of 1,500 before losing ...

This image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744 is from the Frontier Fields project, using natural gravitational lenses and ...