Finding a nebula in the sky is relatively easy, but sometimes what's visible through binoculars or an optical telescope can be underwhelming. So why are all those press-release images so pretty?

New Tarantula Nebula observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are combined with imagery from ...

According to NASA, nebulas are giant clouds of dust and gases in space. They form from an explosion of a dying star or where ...

When most people think about astronomy, they think about the common, light-emitting objects familiar in our night sky: stars, planets, and perhaps even galaxies. Once in a while, here on Earth, we&rsq ...

Massive stars in the Lobster Nebula carve dramatic shapes into cosmic dust while thousands of glittering young stars emerge ...

At first glance, the Butterfly Nebula looks like a glowing insect pinned against the backdrop of space. Officially known as ...

The cosmic butterfly has also produced plenty of PAHs – large hydrocarbon molecules that could play a key early role in ...

Oregon stargazers have plenty of reasons to look up in August – a month marked by meteor showers, planetary conjunctions, and even a visible nebula.

Oregon stargazers have plenty of reasons to look up in August – a month marked by meteor showers, planetary conjunctions, and even a visible nebula.