Sheltered among NGC 604's dusty envelopes of gas are more than ... or large bubbles in the nebula. Stellar winds from the brightest and hottest young stars have carved out these cavities, while ...

The dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 4214 resides about 10 million light-years away. The galaxy’s relative proximity, combined with the wide variety of evolutionary stages among its stars. This image from ...

Only 0.1° north-northeast of the Orion Nebula’s center lies M43 (NGC 1982). It is often called De Mairan’s Nebula in honor of its discoverer, French mathematician Jean-Jacques D’Ortous de ...

The nebula, known as NGC 604, is 2.73 million light-years away in the galaxy Triangulum, but Webb can resolve details as if it were right next door. NGC 604 is enormous, measuring about 1,300 ...