The latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope turns a quiet patch of sky into a spectral scene, revealing a so‑called “Ghost Nebula” where a dying star is shedding its outer layers into space. The ...

Witches, ghosts, and ghouls don’t just appear on Halloween night — they haunt the cosmos, too. From eerie nebulae to zombie stars, here’s a collection of the most spine-chilling images from space to ...

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. The ...

Halloween has come and gone, but there’s no shortage of scary things—in space! The universe is enormous beyond comprehension, and airless and dark to boot. We’re going to look at its brighter side ...

Perfectly timed for Halloween, NASA is showing off a remarkable image of a ‘ghost nebula’ captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. "The Ghost of Cassiopeia” is located 550 light-years away in the ...

In this celestial vista captured by astrophotographer Bogdan Jarzyna, a tapestry of stars and wispy clouds plays host to enigmatic shapes that appear to materialize from the interstellar expanse. This ...

The brightest stars embedded in nebulae throughout our galaxy pour out a torrent of radiation that eats into vast clouds of hydrogen gas – the raw material for building new stars. This etching process ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This landscape of "mountains" and "valleys" speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge ...

NASA celebrates Halloween with this image of the Witch Head Nebula, cackling from space and ready to scare spacefaring trick or treaters. And it’s not the only ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a mesmerizing image of NGC 6369, a planetary nebula known as the “Little Ghost Nebula.” Located about 2,000 to 5,000 light-years from Earth, this glowing ...