Oregon stargazers have plenty of reasons to look up throughout August – a month marked by meteor showers, planetary conjunctions, and even a visible nebula. A formation known as the "dumbbell nebula" ...

With a six-planet alignment already coming up Aug. 10, 2025, plus the peak of the Perseid meteor shower and a unique full moon, there's another astral event to add to your viewing list. Stargazers in ...

While most planetary nebulae are small and beautiful, there is no doubt that the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) is something special. Found by Charles Messier in July 1764, M27 was the first planetary nebula ...

The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope. The nebula was named after its resemblance to a dumbbell as seen in visible ...

Discovered in 1764, the Dumbbell Nebula is the 27th object in Charles Messier’s list. This photo was taken this past Monday night from the Trails and Trees, Mechanicsburg Environmental Center, at the ...

(CNN) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the glowing gas ejected from a dying star, which in this case happens to resemble a “cosmic dumbbell.” (CNN) — The Hubble Space ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope commemorated its 34th year since its launch with a magical view of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, located approximately 3,400 light-years away in the constellation Perseus.

Tomorrow, April 24, marks the 34th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. For more than three decades, this venerable old telescope has been peering out into space, observing stars, ...

While Perseus is best noted for its wealth of clusters, including the famous Double Cluster, it also harbors the exotic and diminutive beauty M76 — one of only four planetary nebulae in Charles ...