A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust sculpted by intense stellar radiation. The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, is located about 6,500 ...

A pair of European space telescopes has snapped a stunning new view of one of the most iconic deep-space objects ever seen: the Eagle nebula. The new Eagle nebula photo, released today (Jan. 17), is ...

This towering structure of billowing gas and dark, obscuring dust might only be a small portion of the Eagle Nebula, but it is no less majestic in appearance for it. 9.5 light-years tall and 7000 ...

This week, Dave’s breaking down another pair of deep-sky objects that are situated nicely in the evening sky right now: the Eagle Nebula (M16) and the Omega Nebula (M17). Both of these are large ...

As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series revisiting stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the ...

NASA's orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory has unveiled a stunning view of the Eagle Nebula, showcasing X-ray hot stars scattered throughout this celestial wonder. In a mesmerizing composite image, the ...

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 ...

NASA released a stunning image of the Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation this week. The newly revisited picture, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the pillars in infrared light. That type of ...

This is probably one of the most well known images in the history of astrophotography. In 2005, this Hubble image was re-released using a different coloring matrix. It shows a very small portion of ...

This wide-field image of the Eagle Nebula was taken at the National Science Foundation’s 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera. Located in the constellation of Serpens, the ...

Image Credit: Far-infrared: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium;X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger This close up ...

NASA released a stunning image of the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation this week. The newly revisited picture, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the pillars in infrared light. That type of ...