Located in the constellation Aquila (the Eagle) Altair is 16.8 light-years from Earth, making it one of the closest stars visible to the naked eye. It's also the 12th brightest star in the night ...

The Snow Globe Nebula (NGC 6781) is a unique planetary nebula lying 1,500 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. The object gets its name because the interior of the ring is partially ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captured bubbles filled with thousands of stars in the Aquila constellation of the Milky Way galaxy. There are at least 30 bubbles in the region anywhere from 10 ...