HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's ...

NASA has captured a stunning view of the birth of a star, revealing details never seen before. This breakthrough offers a rare glimpse into how stars form, shedding light on the forces shaping ...

"The hydrogen clouds are ionized by the radiation of nearby stars, causing them to glow." Related: The best Hubble Space ...

To mark its 25th year in orbit, NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope released an image of the star cluster Westerlund 2. They contain fibre and natural antibacterial properties that aid digestion, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope allows astronomers to peer deep into parts of the universe that are vastly different from our solar system, like enormous clouds of dust and gas where stars are ...

The Necklace Nebula, formed by two doomed stars, glows with bright gas clumps like a cosmic diamond ring. Located 15,000 light-years away in the Sagitta constellation, it shines as a stunning ...

Monday’s SpaceX launch was carrying a classified satellite to space, but the secret payload was not the cause of an unusual glowing spiral seen in the skies of Europe.

Photo: Andromeda nebula plate with Hubble's handwritten circle around the variable star he discovered In 1919 American astronomer Edwin Hubble began work at the Mount Wilson Observatory in ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young central star cluster called Dolidze 25, located outside of the image frame.