SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Public domain/CC0 1.0 The successful launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket left a cluster of exhaust particles in the dark ...

The Lagoon Nebula (M8), located approximately 4,100 light-years away in Sagittarius, is visible to the naked eye under dark skies. Giovanni Battista Hodierna first documented the nebula in 1654, ...

Nebula are giant clouds of interstellar gas that play a key role in the life-cycle of stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

A nebula is a luminescent giant cloud of dust and gas in space that could be from a supernova or could be a star-forming region. The "dumbbell nebula," also known as Messier 27, is what astronomers ...

Stunning images from the James Webb Telescope show a dying nebula 3,400 light years away from Earth and reveal an astronomical cauldron roiling with ash, dust, and gasses, according to a new report by ...

This week’s naked-eye object is the Beehive Cluster in Cancer the Crab. Because this cluster is bright — magnitude 3.1 — it has acquired other proper names throughout history. Messier made it number ...

This week, ABC's Castle served up a crime as well as a bit of a love letter to sci-fi fans, with an episode set in and around a Comic-Con-like fan convention. The murder vic: Annabelle, a fan of the ...

The Orion Nebula (Messier 42) is a popular target for astronomers and astrophotographers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...