Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer and its unique ability to see small details, astronomers have uncovered a flat, nearly edge-on disc of silicates in the heart of the magnificent Ant ...

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer and its unique ability to see small details, astronomers have uncovered a flat, nearly edge-on disc of silicates in the heart of the magnificent Ant ...

A new image of a proplyd with a comet-like appearance has deepened the mystery of these radiation-proof planetary nurseries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Ultraviolet “winds” from nearby massive stars are stripping the gas from a young star’s protoplanetary disk, causing it to rapidly lose mass, according to a new study. It reports the first directly ...

JWST/MIRI images showing the extended nebular emission around NGC 6720's central star in 3 filters. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2504.01188 Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an ...

From Cepheus to Vela, let’s go on a tour of PLANETARY NEBULAE, exploring stellar blowouts that have been cast off by dying Sun-like stars. We’ll start with nearby objects and move outward; be sure to ...

The article details various types of deep-sky objects observable by amateur astronomers, including double stars, variable stars, open and globular star clusters, emission, planetary, and reflection ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula. Credit: T.A.Rector (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA ...

Orsola De Marco is affiliated with Astronomy Australia Limited (non-executive board director and chair of the board). This is a non-for-profit company that applies for and administers NCRIS grants to ...

A way of estimating more accurate distances to the thousands of so-called planetary nebulae dispersed across our galaxy has been announced. The announcement was made by a team of three astronomers ...