The Ghost Nebula IC 63 is a monstrous swirling cloud of stellar gas and dust in the constellation Cassiopeia the Queen. NASA’s Hubble photo portrays the nebula in various hues of pink, blue and violet ...

The Ghost Nebula isn’t the only nearby region affected by the star’s extreme emission. In fact, Gamma Cas is slowly eroding clouds in an area that spans 2 ° on the sky, or about four times the width ...

C 63 — nicknamed the Ghost Nebula — is about 550 light-years from Earth. The nebula is classified as both a reflection nebula — as it is reflecting the light of a nearby star — and as an emission ...

The "Ghost of Cassiopeia," a slowly eroding cloud of gas and dust, forms a glimmering haze in this eerie image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula, called IC 63, drifts 550 light-years from ...

IC 63 -- nicknamed the Ghost Nebula -- is about 550 light-years from Earth. The nebula is classified as both a reflection nebula -- as it is reflecting the light of a nearby star -- and as an emission ...

The brightest stars embedded in nebulae throughout our galaxy pour out a torrent of radiation that eats into vast clouds of hydrogen gas – the raw material for building new stars. This etching process ...