Emission nebulae are glowing clouds of interstellar gas excited by hot, young stars within their folds. Because much of the emitted light is caused by intense ultraviolet radiation stripping electrons ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. In a ...

The strange behavior of the Tarantula Nebula and its continued existence could be the result of powerful magnetic fields at its heart. A large amount of energy radiates out of the Tarantula Nebula ...

Discovered at the end of 2023 by the James Webb Space Telescope, these bodies defy star and planet formation models. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The Manatee Nebula is up to something strange, and astrophysicists with X-ray telescopes have finally figured it out. If we could see it with our unaided eyes, the Manatee Nebula would take up a swath ...

Space is filled with weird and wonderful things, ranging from gigantic supermassive black holes to planets where it rains diamonds. Sometimes, however, we spot things out in the abyss that look ...

There’s something weird going on with the Butterfly Nebula. The star (or stars) at the center of the nebula seem to blast powerful jets of energy out into space in random directions, creating chaos in ...

A team of astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture images of a nebula dimming quickly over just 20 years. One researcher called the rapid fading "very, very dramatic, and very weird." ...

We humans like to put things into neat, little boxes. Naming, labeling, categorizing, classifying: it’s normal, but can easily confuse us when the process goes awry. What if something is on the edge ...

The region is home to some of the hottest and most massive stars that astronomers have discovered to date. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...