NASA’s James Webb Telescope uncovers a ‘star factory’ inside the Flame Nebula, offering new insights into star formation and ...

PhotoView a photo of Rosette Nebula, by Rob Gendler. Most stars are born in groups ... this way for about 90% of its lifetime. This is the stage our Sun is now in—it's been in this stage ...

Thousands of light-years from Earth, the dramatic death throes of a giant star are playing out. It's part of a star system ...

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.

The Orion Nebula, the closest massive star-forming region to Earth ... offering unprecedented insight into the early stages of stellar evolution. One of the key highlights of Hubble’s image ...

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

A decades-old cosmic mystery may finally be solved. Scientists now suspect that the strange X-ray glow from a distant white ...

The Helix Nebula is a so-called planetary nebula, which is the late stage of a star that has ejected its outer layers of gas and left behind a dimmer and smaller ember of a star known as a white ...

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

On winter evenings, Orion is one of the easiest star patterns to find in the sky. Its identifying feature is a row of three stars which make up the belt of the legendary hunter, Orion. Above the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI A huge bipolar outflow of gas and dust, grown from the tumultuous ...