Take a 3D tour of James Webb Space Telescope's view of the 'Cosmic Cliffs' of the Gum 31 nebula (part of the Carina Nebula Complex). Credit: Producer: Greg Bacon & Frank Summers (STScI), NASA’s ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is still more than a year from launching, but the Gemini South telescope in Chile has provided astronomers a glimpse of what the orbiting observatory should deliver.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Very Large Telescope’s First Light, ESO is releasing two stunning images of different kinds of nebulae, located towards the Carina constellation. The ...

In July 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made its public debut with a series of breathtaking images. Among them was an ethereal landscape nicknamed the Cosmic Cliffs. This glittering realm of ...

The U.S. Postal Service issued a Priority Mail Express stamp Jan. 22, 2024, highlighting an image of the Carina Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Greg Breeding, an art director for the ...

In a captivating celestial showdown, stars clash with cosmic dust, and NASA's Picture of the Day captures the ongoing battle in the mesmerizing Carina Nebula. The clash unfolds within the mystical ...

Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when—it may be next year, it may be 1 million years from now. Eta Carinae's mass—about 100 times greater than our sun—makes it an excellent ...

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This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light ...