The protoplanetary disk is actually a Herbig-Haro object dubbed HH 30. Such objects are glowing regions in space that contain ...

In a nutshell A rare cosmic alignment has given astronomers an unprecedented view of two galaxies from 7 billion years ago, ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new details of the Cartwheel Galaxy, uncovering insights into star formation and its central black hole. This vibrant portrait of our Milky Way ...

Hubble’s high-resolution imagery allowed researchers to hone in on more of the Bullseye galaxy’s rings — and helped confirm ...

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

A small blue dwarf galaxy passed through the massive Bullseye galaxy. This impact created nine rings of new stars.

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." ...

"Little red dot" galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early cosmos appear to be ruled by supermassive black holes that are 1,000 times too massive.

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

This new trend allows anyone to create complex and captivating illustrations using prompts—a textual description that an artificial intelligence model transforms into an image. Thanks to tools like ...

Their new method extracts more information from galaxy maps than previous methods. This research could help cosmology reach the full potential of telescopes and other instruments studying the Universe ...

Illustration of the European Space Agency's Gaia space ... This information has enabled the creation of the most detailed 3D map of our galaxy. Despite the end of observations, Gaia's legacy is far ...