The Sh2-46 nebula has been captured by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The nebula is ...

Related: The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Steps Scientists have detected the universe's first molecule, helium hydride, in a distant planetary nebula called NGC 7027. (Image credit: NASA ...

When the universe formed during the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, ... A high-resolution spectrometer called GREAT on board SOFIA detected the molecule in the planetary nebula NGC 7027.

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 ...

So far, the Boomerang Nebula is the only preplanetary nebula whose temperature has dropped below that of the Big Bang's afterglow, but there's no way it's the only one that ever has. There's ...

The most popular theory of our universe's origin centers on a cosmic cataclysm unmatched in all of history—the big bang. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured this image of the ...

Since the 1960s, we’ve known that a 5° temperature (Fahrenheit) bathes the universe, the leftover heat from the Big Bang, usually expressed as 2.73 K.

Astronomers found the most distant black hole ever detected in X-rays using the Chandra and Webb space telescopes. The Abell 2744 galaxy cluster dominates this image, while the closeups from each ...

Monster black hole jet from the early universe is basking in the 'afterglow' of the Big Bang Jaw-dropping NASA image reveals a dying star at the heart of the Helix Nebula — and it may have just ...