NGC 7293, better known as the Helix nebula, displays its ultraviolet glow courtesy of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). In this false-color image, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space ...

The Helix nebula may point to the ultimate fate of our sun — and Earth. This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

A new view of the Helix Nebula reveals a dying white dwarf star at the nebula's center. This star's violent eating habits could be responsible for strange X-ray emissions in the region.

Photo: Andromeda nebula plate with Hubble's handwritten circle around the variable star he discovered In 1919 American astronomer Edwin Hubble began work at the Mount Wilson Observatory in ...

ESA/Hubble is continuing the celebrations with a new view of the Eagle Nebula. This vast stellar nursery displays a towering spire of cosmic gas and dust that incorporates new data processing ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55. ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead ... dust hovering around the center of the galaxy. The closest nebula to Earth is the Helix Nebula, which is about 700 light years away from Earth.

A new Hubble Space Telescope image offers the most detailed view of the Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 light-years from Earth. The star V830 Orionis features NGC 1999 reflection nebula ...

Enormous amounts of water, in gaseous form, exist in the vast stellar nurseries of our galaxy. The Hubble Space Telescope peered into the Helix Nebula and found water molecules. Hydrogen and oxygen, ...

As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations ... it’s just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also called Messier 16. The name Messier 16 comes from the French astronomer ...