This is the “Exposed Cranium” nebula, also known as Nebula PMR 1. Located some 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Vela, it’s a massive, moribund star coming to the end of its fuel-burning ...

The world's largest telescope captured a deep-space nebula — an interstellar cloud of gas and dust that can produce new stars — in stunning detail, providing the first close-up view to date of the ...

Astronomers are rethinking what looks like the Milky Way’s quieter neighborhood, as new analysis of nearby gas clouds points ...