With binoculars or a wide-field scope, emission nebula IC 1396 is a vast playground, filled with many other interesting objects. Skip to content Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!

Unlike many deep-sky objects, the Rosette Nebula actually looks like what it is named for: a huge wreath of gas and dust, 130 light-years across. The Rosette is a region of star formation.

The elephant has a secret hiding right on its nose. Its famous trunk, full of muscle and devoid of bone, can move in a virtually infinite number of directions and is capable of performing an array ...

IC 1396’s most famous feature is IC 1396A, better known as the Elephant Trunk Nebula. The trunk of this dark nebula is formed by an irregular pillar of dust many light-years long.

Monday, July 18, 2022. Credit: NASA Sign up for enews: https://buff.ly/3PFbaaR IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus The Elephant Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within ...

The quick-thinking elephant extended its trunk into the water to create a place for the gazelle to climb out. Unfortunately, the first rescue attempt didn’t work.

The thick, immobile whiskers on an elephant’s trunk may help it to feel and balance objects even though they cannot twitch in the way that many other mammals’ whiskers do, a study suggests.

An Elephant Calf Can't Control Its Trunk For The First Year. Here's Proof A video is going viral on Twitter where a baby elephant could be seen swinging its trunk like a helicopter or a turbine fan.

Skin wrinkles and folds enable asymmetric stretch in the elephant trunk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Published online July 18, 2022. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2122563119.