The brilliant blue-white star lighting up the red nebula Sh2-46 hints at a dynamic and possibly fleeting encounter that could reshape the nebula's appearance over time.

Glowing blue and purple X-rays can ... The Cartwheel galaxy was shaped by colliding with a smaller galaxy that punched through it about 100 million years ago. This collision caused star formation ...

Captured north of Ash Fork, Arizona, the image's ancient light was collected using a Sky-Watcher Esprit 80 mm telescope and a Player One Poseidon M Pro camera. Meyer employed narrowband filters and ...

NASA says these stars are roughly 10 million years old. In a new Hubble Space Telescope image, the color blue tells a story of young stars. A recent image from the Hubble Space Telescope team ...

The snapshot features the vivid red nebula Sh2-46 — also known as Gum 80 — lit up in a fiery hue due to intense radiation coming from a brilliant blue-white star nestled at its heart. The ...