COLUMBIA, Md., June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Astronomers are still trying to understand how stars and galaxies formed in the early universe. Now, scientists, using the Stratospheric Observatory for ...

Observations made with the APEX telescope in submillimeter-wavelength light reveal the cold dusty clouds from which stars form in the Carina Nebula. This site of violent star formation, which plays ...

Nebula are giant clouds of interstellar gas that play a key role in the life-cycle of stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

In July 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) released its first images of the Universe. One of the five celestial objects initially captured by the Webb observational instrument was the ...

Many observatories have captured the Helix Nebula, but none in such detail as the Webb.

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released the most detailed view to date of the ominous Lupus 3 dark nebula, one of the closest star formation regions to our Sun. Lupus 3 is located roughly ...

A wave of star formation is crashing through the Omega Nebula, captured in infrared by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The bright nebula in the middle, formally known as M17, has long been recognized ...

The Orion Nebula is one of the most heavily studied astronomical targets in the night sky, but that doesn't mean it has stopped surprising astronomers. In fact, new work suggests that its many young ...

The process that formed the giant planet Jupiter may also have spawned some of the tiniest and oldest members of our solar system -- millimeter-sized spheres called chondrules, the major part of the ...