The interstellar medium in our Milky Way galaxy is magnetic, can be compressed, and is turbulent. It affects important ...

This rich region contains several emission nebulae, clouds of mostly hydrogen gas that will form infant suns, and a variety of young open star clusters. A challenge for visual observers ...

The cloud, called a dark nebula, is so dense that the hot, bright, baby stars within are hidden from view – but hints of their presence are there, if you know how to look. New images from the US ...

The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration, in partnership with the Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland State Department of Education, announced on ...

Inspired by recent scientific discoveries, including a newly identified oxygen-III (OIII) emission arc near Andromeda ... OIII signals reveal potential planetary nebulae hidden within its arms.

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way.

Credit: Miguel Claro The image features a long integration of around 80 hours in HaOIII emission using a dual band filter, to show the colorful field of faint glowing ionized hydrogen gas where ...

The hot blue stars at its core have carved a large cavity in the surrounding gas and dust. This image shows the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), an emission nebula located 8,000 light-years away. Captured by ...

What type of nebula is the bubble? the bubble is a type of emission nebula that is formed of ionized gases and emit light of various wavelengths.