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 ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Flame Nebula rings in the New Year from the constellation Orion in a blazing new photo from ...

NANLUX’s Nebula C8 is a new 8-color light engine that adds Deep Red and Indigo emitters to fill further gaps in the spectrum. NANLUX has introduced what it says is the first 8-color light engine in ...

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For new observers, the night sky appears to be a monochrome scene of black and white. Although astronomy books and websites are replete with objects revealing vivid reds, pinks, blues, and greens, ...

Given its size, close distance, and how often it is photographed, it would be easy to surmise that the Orion Molecular Cloud tops the list of the largest star forming regions in our galaxy. But, in ...

In the cold dark of the constellation Ophiuchus, a faint, wraithlike shell of gas is quietly advertising the fate that awaits our own Sun. Astronomers call it the Little Ghost Nebula, a planetary ...

The Very Large Telescope in Chile provides what may be our best look ever at a stunningly beautiful nebula that defies its namesake. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly sides ...