Nebula NGC 2392 was formerly called the "Eskimo Nebula." Some 5,000 light-years from Earth, there's a picturesque, dying star that's shedding its mighty gaseous layers. Until recently, NASA referred ...

NASA is joining the ever-growing list of organizations and companies reexamining its naming system, removing names that are "insensitive" and "harmful" from its vocabulary. Aunt Jemima, The Chicks, ...

Astrophotographer Ted Wolfe looks up at the night sky through telescopes from his home in Southwest Florida and photographs it through specialized cameras. His pictures of colliding galaxies, dying ...

The names of grocery store items, pro sports teams and country music bands have all been changed after being criticized as racially insensitive. "Eskimo Nebula" and "Siamese Twins Galaxy" are out, for ...

In 1797, legendary astronomer William Herschel first caught sight of this object and declared it “a very remarkable phenomenon.” Although it’s sometimes called the Clownface Nebula, it’s probably ...

At some point in the distant future, our sun will run out of fuel and die. Any life left on our planet when this happens will likely die out as well. While that’s certainly more than a little ...

Seen in this NASA photo is nebula NGC 2392, which no longer will be called the "Eskimo Nebula." It is about 5,000 light years away. In this image provided by NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team, a ...