Planetary nebula Jones 1 If you really want to push the limits of your observing skill, go after a weird planetary nebula in the constellation Pegasus. Also known as PK 104-29.1, Jones 1 is one of the ...

If you own a telescope with an aperture (the size of the lens or mirror) of 4 inches or more, there’s a wonderful object now high in the sky as darkness falls. It’s called the Ring Nebula, also known ...

The Pencil Nebula, a strangely shaped leftover from a vast explosion (Credit: ESO) The Pencil Nebula is pictured in a new image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. This peculiar cloud of glowing ...

When you become a young observer of the skies, happy to be out in a dark field at night with a 6-inch or 8-inch scope, you never dream of the kind of night of observing I experienced on Thursday, June ...

The Ring Nebula is a well-known space icon shaped like a doughnut about 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. But astronomers think it's been holding a secret that only the penetrating ...