The Rosette Nebula blossoms in deep space, captured in this wonderful image taken by the high-resolution Dark Energy Camera, illustrating how hot, bright stars at the heart of the Rosette are ...

For years, researchers have wondered why there is a hole in the heart of the Rosette Nebula, 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros (unicorn) constellation of our Milky Way galaxy. For years, ...

As Valentine's Day approaches, NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day offers a cosmic bouquet to admirers of the universe, showcasing a stunning celestial rose captured in the depths of space. While ...

The Necklace Nebula (PN G054.2-03.4) formed when one star in a close binary system expanded into a red giant and engulfed its ...

Take advantage of the dark window before the crescent Moon rises to explore the Rosette Nebula, also cataloged as NGC 2237. This gorgeous sight is made up of a central open star cluster surrounded by ...

Cradled within the fiery petals of the Rosette Nebula is NGC 2244, the young star cluster which it nurtured. The cluster’s stars light up the nebula in vibrant hues of red, gold and purple, and opaque ...

This week features some incredible phenomena -- an interstellar visitor, a tarantula, a coral-shaped rock, a rosette, and a new moon for ice giant Uranus. Comet 3I/ATLAS is captured in this image by ...

This week’s naked-eye object is the Beehive Cluster in Cancer the Crab. Because this cluster is bright — magnitude 3.1 — it has acquired other proper names throughout history. Messier made it number ...

To make the most detailed image yet of the giant stellar nursery called the Rosette Nebula, a team from the INT/WFC Photometric H α Survey (IPHAS) combined 200 separate images. If you're enjoying this ...