When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an unprecedentedly sharp image of planetary nebula NGC 1514, revealing ...

Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514, also known as the crystal ball nebula, came into complete focus thanks to what NASA said is mid-infrared data from its James Webb Space ...

A cluster of stars -- called LH 72 -- within the nebula will likely go supernova in millions of years, blowing the dust and gas of LHA 120-N55 away from its current position. "In effect ...

How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a ...

Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514 came into complete focus thanks to mid-infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Its rings, which are only detected in infrared ...

Gas and dust ejected by a dying star now ... More details appear in the space between rings. Semi-transparent orange clouds give depth to the nebula’s form. Webb’s data also show faint oxygen ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a planetary nebula designated ... are expanding shells of gas and dust that have been ejected from ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled an awe-inspiring celestial spectacle of a spiral galaxy interacting with a plume of dust and gas from a ... in Orion Nebula NASA discovers new ...

The Solar System was formed around 4.6 billion years ago from a giant cloud called a nebula, mainly made up of hydrogen gas and dust. The nebula collapsed under its own gravity and, as it did ...