John Martin Schaeberle discovered IC 405 near the end of the 19th century. The object was independently spotted shortly after by astrophotographers Max Wolf and Eugen von Gothard. It’s located in ...

The Flaming Star Nebula blazes beautifully in the night sky in this skywatching photo. Astrophotographer Bill Snyder took this spectacular image of IC405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, on ...

In the Auriga constellation, some 1,500 light-years from Earth, we come across a star so powerful and energetic, it has earned the nickname the “flaming star.” AE Aurigae, its real name, is an O-type ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) captured the star as it reaches the end of its life.

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Planetary nebulae are among my favorite objects in the sky. When a star a bit more massive than the Sun starts to die, it blows off a super solar wind of gas. As it ages more, this wind it blows ...

Sharpless 2-106 as imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai‘i. This color composite image shows the nursery of a massive star (hidden within ...