Planetary Nebulae - New Zealand News Beep

A planetary nebula in space. The star in the very center is surrounded by white bubbles and loops of gas, all shining with a powerful blue light. Farther away a broken ring of red and blue gas clouds surrounds the nebula. A multitude of golden and white stars, wisps of gas and distant galaxies of various sizes surround the nebula on the black background.

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Telescopes Team Up for New View of Cat’s Eye Nebula

March 12, 2026

This March 3, 2026, image combines views from ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope…

NASA’s Webb Examines Cranium Nebula

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NASA’s Webb Examines Cranium Nebula

February 25, 2026

Two heads are better than one in the latest images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which reveal…

A multicolored nebula stands out against the star-studded background of space. The nebula’s central star is hidden by a blotchy pinkish cloud of dust. A strong red light radiates from this area, lighting up the nearby dust. An elongated purple ‘S’ shape is centered on the heart of the nebula, while two blue lobes stretch diagonally outward to the edges of the image, making the entire structure look like a tilted hourglass.

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Red Spider Nebula – NASA

November 25, 2025

Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured never-before-seen details of the Red Spider Nebula, a planetary…