NASA wants to turn the sun into a giant telescope

To capture unprecedented, high-resolution images of distant exoplanets, NASA is actively developing a mind-bending mission that uses the Sun’s massive gravitational field as a giant magnifying glass.
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Hubble and Euclid capture the final breaths of the Egg Nebula’s dying star

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest image ever taken of the Egg Nebula, a structure roughly 1,000 ...
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In a first, astronomers detect dry ice hiding in the dusty torus of the Butterfly Nebula

Analysis shows that the gas-to-ice ratio in the Butterfly Nebula differs significantly from ratios found in younger, ...
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Telescopes Team Up for New View of Cat’s Eye Nebula

Euclid and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to feature one of the most visually intricate remnants of a dying star: the Cat’s Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543. This extraordinary planetary nebula lies ...
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PEEC Presents ‘Strange New Worlds: NASA’s Exploration of the Solar System’ March 27 At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium

This solar system montage of the nine planets and four large moons of Jupiter in our solar system are set against a false-color view of the Rosette Nebula Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU PEEC NEWS RELEASE ...

This Epic Nebula Looks Like a Giant Brain Floating in Space

If the spectrum truly matches a Wolf-Rayet type, it may belong to a rare class of planetary nebula central stars that ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals an Eerie Nebula That Looks Like a Giant Brain

Webb has captured the haunting “Exposed Cranium” nebula—an otherworldly cloud shaped by a dying star that looks remarkably like a brain inside a skull.
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Planetary Picture of the Day - Week of March 2, 2026

Satellite views and space telescopes allow scientists to see amazing wonders, such as sand seas in the Namib Desert, "spiderweb" formations on Mars, and even distant nebulae. Sometimes, though, a ...

See how an Apple Valley astrophotographer captured a dazzling nebula

An 8th-grade astrophotographer from Apple Valley captured a stunning image of the Bubble Nebula, 7,000 light-years away.
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Israeli Scientists Measure Cosmic Rays With NASA Telescope

Under the leadership of Professor Shmuel Bialy, the team used observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to measure infrared radiation from cosmic rays that had penetrated the giant, cold and ...
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The Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini reveals a brain like structure in a detailed deep space photo

A deep-space photo of the Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini shows a brain-like structure, capturing the supernova remnant IC 443 and surrounding interstellar gas and stars.
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Hubble and Euclid reveal the Cat's Eye Nebula

Two of the world’s most powerful space telescopes have joined forces to produce a stunning new image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula, one of the most visually complex objects in the known universe. The ...