From the creators of Café Nordo, Seattle's most unique and beloved immersive theatrical experience, “Ghosts of Nebula” elevates the traditional Halloween event to spine-tingling new heights.
In the cold dark of the constellation Ophiuchus, a faint, wraithlike shell of gas is quietly advertising the fate that awaits our own Sun. Astronomers call it the Little Ghost Nebula, a planetary ...
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. February 20: The Coma Star Cluster shines Head out after moonset this evening to chase down planetary nebula NGC 3242 in ...
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 ...
Ghosts of Nebula: The Missing Six transports audiences to the Georgetown Steam Plant for a haunting exploration of a 1921 spiritualist expedition led by Explorer Alexandra Finch, along with her ...
NASA has shared a Halloween-themed image taken by the famous Hubble Space Telescope, and the photograph showcases a "ghost" out in deep space. Originally posted to NASA's website in 2020, but ...
A malevolent, screaming skull face. A witch cackling in profile. An all-seeing eye, gazing red and furious from the cosmic depths. Space can be as terrifying as it is beautiful. From nebulas — vast ...
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 ...
About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a stunning and slightly eerie nebula. Also known as the ghost of Cassiopeia, IC 63 is being shaped by radiation from a nearby ...
Astronomers have revealed more dramatic details of one of our most ghostly discoveries, the pulsar wind nebula MSH 15-52, also known as the ‘cosmic hand’ or 'hand of God'. By combining the powers of ...
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Nebulae run the full gamut of a star's life, ...