NASA shares brilliant new version of Hubble telescope photo of the Veil Nebula

NASA unveils enhanced version of Hubble’s Veil Nebula image that shows delicate threads and gas filaments of the giant dead star 2,100 light-years from Earth Hubble first took a snapshot of the exploded stars’ gaseous remains in 2015 that is called the Veil Nebula  New imaging techniques offer details of delicate threads and gas filaments that … Read more

NASA shares brilliant new version of Hubble telescope photo of the Veil Nebula

NASA unveils enhanced version of Hubble’s Veil Nebula image that shows delicate threads and gas filaments of the giant dead star 2,100 light-years from Earth Hubble first took a snapshot of the exploded stars’ gaseous remains in 2015 that is called the Veil Nebula  New imaging techniques offer details of delicate threads and gas filaments that … Read more

Scientists solve 16-year-old mystery of the Blue Nebula, finding it formed from two stars colliding

Scientists solve 16-year-old mystery of the Blue Nebula, finding it formed after a sun-like star consumed a smaller stellar companion The Blue Nebula was discovered in 2004 and has baffled scientists since A new study reveals it is youngest known example of two stars merging into one It formed when a dying sun-like star moved … Read more

NASA ridiculed for dropping ‘Eskimo Nebula’ and ‘Siamese Twins Galaxy’ nicknames

NASA is being ridiculed for its ‘idiotic’ decision to stop using the nicknames for two celestial phenomena – the Eskimo Nebula and Siamese Twins Galaxy – because of their ‘colonial’ implications.   The American space agency announced the move on Wednesday, writing in a statement: ‘As the scientific community works to identify and address systemic discrimination … Read more

NASA ridiculed for dropping ‘Eskimo Nebula’ and ‘Siamese Twins Galaxy’ nicknames

NASA is being ridiculed for its ‘idiotic’ decision to stop using the nicknames for two celestial phenomena – the Eskimo Nebula and Siamese Twins Galaxy – because of their ‘colonial’ implications.   The American space agency announced the move on Wednesday, writing in a statement: ‘As the scientific community works to identify and address systemic discrimination … Read more

Hubble Space Telescope releases a ‘breathtaking’ new image of a giant nebula

To mark its 30th anniversary the Hubble Space Telescope team have released a stunning new image captured by the satellite showing a vast star-forming region. Named the ‘tapestry of blazing starbirth’, the new image brings together the nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020 – both about 163,000 light years from Earth. They are … Read more