A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...

Stars form in Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs), vast clouds of mostly hydrogen that can span tens of light years. These stellar ...

Its age is estimated to be around 13 billion years, almost three times as old as the solar system. It orbits a binary system ...

Two planets stand side by side as the evening twilight continues to delight and colorful stars shine in the sky this week.

A galaxy cluster once thought to be “dead” is unexpectedly forming stars at an astonishing rate, challenging established ...

A breathtaking new image of the RCW 38 star cluster showcases a cosmic nursery bursting with color, light, and energy.

Around 13.7 billion years ago, something collapsed. It fell outward into the nothingness that stretched in every direction, ...

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

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have studied one of the largest young star clusters in our galaxy, ...

How do you cool down a phoenix? I don't mean the mythological birds of flame and rebirth, but rather a cosmic namesake with a fittingly fiery nature.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Isolated, low-mass galaxies help researchers study the impact of reionization on their star formation histories (SFHs) ...