A malevolent, screaming skull face. A witch cackling in profile. An all-seeing eye, gazing red and furious from the cosmic depths. Space can be as terrifying as it is beautiful. From nebulas — vast ...

Planetary nebulas are made by dying stars about the size of our sun. One of the most famous is called the Helix or Eye of God Nebula, officially NGC7293.

While we wait to hear updates about the Hubble Space Telescope, which is currently in safe mode and not collecting science data while a problem is investigated, we can still enjoy the beautiful images ...

Spacewatchers have captured a jaw-dropping image of a cosmic "Hand of God." Astronomers have used several telescopes to take a new picture of a distant pulsar and its surrounding nebula, shaped like a ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula. Credit: T.A.Rector (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA) Nebulae are all but impossible to spot in the night sky, but you'd never ...

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The Pulsar B1509-58 nebula is shaped like a hand. (NASA/CXC/Un Hong Kong/Zhang etal via SWNS) By Dean Murray Spacewatchers have captured a jaw-dropping image of a cosmic "Hand of God." Astronomers ...