The snapshot features the vivid red nebula Sh2-46 — also known as Gum 80 — lit up in a fiery hue due to intense radiation coming from a brilliant blue-white star nestled at its heart.

The vivid red cloud in a new image from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope is a region of glowing hydrogen surrounding the star cluster NGC 371. This stellar nursery lies in ...

Here’s how it works. Gorgeous new imagery shows the enormous, glowing bubble that a strange, dying red star has blown around itself. The huge star, known as U Antliae, lies about 900 light-years ...

The new image of the star cluster, formally named NGC 2264, has been rotated 160 degrees to show the shape of a Christmas tree with the glow of ornament ... a photo of red, blue and white lights ...

This glowing red question mark was captured ... are the site of a spectacular burst of star formation that is hinted at in the red speckles near the middle of the image. Photograph by NASA ...