The 'Guitar Nebula' offers new insights into the behaviour of high-energy particles like electrons and positrons as they travel through interstellar space.
Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...
The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. The Trapezium resides in the ...
The Cosmic Reef: This Hubble image shows how young, energetic, massive stars illuminate and sculpt their birthplace. The giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020 ...