"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the ​​colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, one of the most luminous and ...

If you have a powerful enough telescope you can witness what is arguably one of the most breathtaking spectacles in existence ...

A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may ...

Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, where high concentrations of gas and dust coalesce to form a baby ...

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful colors.

Hubble’s latest image of the Tarantula Nebula highlights cosmic dust, interstellar gas, and active star formation.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a phenomenon for the very first time. The bright red streaks at top left of this image are aligned protostar outflows – jets of gas from newborn stars ...