Once mistaken for a fuzzy star cluster, the stunning Squid Galaxy—formally known as Messier 77—has transformed in the eyes of ...

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula ... colored light purple here (this is all false color, meant to represent ...

A magnitude 10.2 star lies a bit more than 2″ east of the nebula. A big neighbor This week’s second large-telescope target is barred spiral galaxy NGC 3109 in the constellation Hydra the Water ...