Emission nebulae are glowing, spread-out clouds of ionized gas that shine with their own light. In this image of NGC 2313, the bright star V565 at the center lights up a silvery curtain of gas and ...

The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields ...

A new X-ray look at the mesmerizing Helix Nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf that might be the source of ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and females.

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The shapes of these cells are puzzling. They have wavy edges and protrusions that fit together a bit like puzzle pieces. But what is it for? New research looking at the lymph capillary cells ...

Macy’s is wedging itself into a popular novel based on women who shaped the department store business and adapting the bestseller by Julie Satow into a scripted television series. Satow’s book ...

The outer arm of the spiral in this huge, oddly shaped stellar nursery, called NGC 346, may be feeding star formation in a river-like motion of gas and stars. This is an efficient way to fuel star ...

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

The fact that there are two stars lurking at the heart of this butterfly-shaped nebula will be crucial, as we shall see. We can't see those two protostars in the JWST's Near-Infrared Camera image ...