The Soul Nebula, with a star-forming "tadpole" in the upper center left. What it is: The Soul Nebula (also called Westerhout 5 or IC 1848) and a star-forming bubble within it When it was taken: Sept.

Back in December, the European Space Agency released an image of the Soul Nebula, a portion of space located 7,000 light-years away. In the image, the iconic space telescope perfectly captured the red ...

With powerful stellar winds and blazing hot radiation, dozens of young stars have spent the last million years carving a vaguely heart-shaped bubble in surrounding clouds of interstellar dust — just ...

A festive galactic spectacle shines bright in red as NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a star-glittered backdrop that looks like the space is celebrating its own Christmas. The stunning images ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Dang, ...

Space Photos This Week: Soul Nebula, Aurora, More Stars hollow out a dusty "soul," the space station meets an aurora, a two-faced nebula shines, and more in the week's best space pictures.

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Astronomy James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way — Space photo of the week Astronomy 'Fighting dragons' light up ...