The Great Dark Spot
Most of you will have heard of the Great Red Spot, the huge storm in the Jovian atmosphere. However, Jupiter…
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Photographed exoplanet
We currently know more than 4,300 exoplanets, with nearly 6,000 other candidates whose presence is waiting to be confirmed. Of…
Breathtaking New Hubble Image Shows a Giant Star on The Brink of Annihilation
The spectacle of space has our jaws constantly dropping, and the picture that was just released to celebrate 31 years…
The Lagoon Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula is so named because of the dark band that separates it in two. The darkness looks like…
The Frosty Leo Nebula
The Frosty Leo Nebula (also known as IRAS 09371+1212) is a proto-planetary nebula, located at a distance of around 10,000…
A 212-Hour Exposure of Orion
The constellation of Orion is much more than three stars in a row. It is a direction in space that…
All about Arp 147
Arp 147 is a pair of interacting galaxies 400 million light years away from Earth, visible in the constellation Cetus….
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a dark and dense gaseous/dusty globule, located at a distance of around 2,400 light years…
All about the Veli nebula
The Veil Nebula first formed about 8,000 years ago when an incredibly massive red giant star at least 20 times…
All about NGC 7009
NGC 7009 is a planetary nebula 4000 light years away from Earth, visible in the constellation Aquarius. It was one…