The spiral galaxy NGC 6946 in Cygnus has seen 10 supernovae in the past century, earning it the nickname the Fireworks Galaxy ...

Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected ...

Note: Images online at This delicate Hubble Space Telescope image shows a tiny portion of the Cygnus loop, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan. Measurements on this super-d… ...

Emirates Astronomy Society achieves a historic milestone by photographing the Crescent Nebula, 5,000 light-years away, ...

Space It's a great time to see the Cygnus constellation – here's how. You can currently see Cygnus and its lovely stars, including stunning double star Albireo, from almost anywhere in the world ...

The Northern Cross: A cross-shaped asterism within the constellation Cygnus, “The Swan.” The Pleiades: Also known as the Seven Sisters, this is an open cluster of bright stars within Taurus.

In a stunning astronomical spectacle, a nebula was spotted in UAE skies by photographers of the Emirates Astronomy Society ...

The constellation Cygnus is filled with bright planetaries, lying as it does smack dab on the center of the summer Milky Way. One of the larger planetaries in Cygnus is NGC 7008, which is bright ...

In this shot from La Palma, one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the immense Isaac Newton Telescope sits below ominous cosmic clouds from the Cygnus constellation. "The Cygnus region ...