Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

NGC 602 is a unique cluster of young, hot blue stars. As NASA reports, "The green hues and feathery edges of the ring cloud create the appearance of a wreath made of evergreen boughs.

Like NGC 602, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old. (For comparison, the sun is a middle-aged star about 5 billion years old—about 1,000 times older.) ...

NASA astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in a nearby galaxy, the existence of failed stars that could hold the ...

This 2024 image from NASA’s Webb Telescope reveals the star cluster NGC 602 in the Small Magellanic Cloud, with candidates ...

NGC 602, located approximately 200,000 light-years from Earth, showcases active star formation, with dust clouds and ionised gas revealing unique stellar birth conditions. Meanwhile, NGC 2264 ...