A new animated map sheds light on the superhot "zombie star" at the heart of a nebula leftover from a distant supernova ...

The spires and pillars revealed in the new images of the Carina Nebula are vast clouds of dust and gas within a hub of star formation about 7,500 light-years away.

Stars vs. dust in the Carina Nebula VISTA gazes into one of the largest nebulae in the Milky Way in infrared Date: August 29, 2018 Source: ESO Summary: ...

Around 170,000 light-years away, the nebula is a bustling region and plays host to the largest-known stars in our galaxy. Some are up to 150 times the mass of our sun.

About 7500 light-years away, in the constellation of Carina, lies a nebula within which stars form and perish side-by-side. Shaped by these dramatic events, the Carina Nebula is a dynamic ...

Trifid Nebula: A Massive Star Factory. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 08 / 090826073442.htm. European Southern Observatory - ESO.

The Rosette Nebula blossoms in deep space, captured in this wonderful image taken by the high-resolution Dark Energy Camera, illustrating how hot, bright stars at the heart of the Rosette are ...

Nebula are giant clouds of interstellar gas that play a key role in the life-cycle of stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

At the heart of a strangely shaped planetary nebula, astronomers have discovered a pair of doomed white dwarf stars that will inevitably merge and explode in a dramatic supernova.

At the heart of the double-lobed Toby Jug planetary nebula is the red-giant star HR3126, which at just 50 million years old, is considerably younger than the 4.6-billion-year-old sun.