The final day of the annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar shows a new view of one of the most famous deep-space images of ...
The Pillars of Creation became famous in 1995 after the Hubble Space Telescope captured images of the towering clouds of cosmic dust and gas located 6,500 light-years away from Earth. Nearly three ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has glimpsed the dark side of the usually ethereal Pillars of Creation, located 6,500 light-years away in the Eagle Nebula.Last week, the space observatory showcased a ...
The image allowed scientists to view how much cosmic dust — needed to create stars — is in the region. Additional images released this month include galaxy pair VV 191 and cosmic dust that looks like ...
A mesmerizing deep-space photograph of Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN), captured in front of the Eagle Nebula, has sent shockwaves ...
Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)'s backdrop is dominated by the Eagle Nebula — a vast cosmic structure of dust and hydrogen-rich gas that glows with its own light, having been ionized by the radiation emitted ...