Since the discovery of planetary nebulae in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that these expanding shells of glowing ...

Webb's Near-Infrared Camera view shows at least two or three distinct outflows of gas — jets stretching in different directions — plus a disk of compressed material forming along the middle, likely ...

This splash of paint on the canvas of space is the planetary nebula NGC 6072, the dying embers of a ruined star that has reached the end of its sun-like life. Cocooned inside the nebula, within its ...

The images were captured from the International Space Station. The post Astronaut shares jaw-dropping cosmic photos from ...