Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

Scientists, using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, have found that the Milky Way’s graceful spiral structure is primarily shaped by two arms extending from a central bar of stars.

The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements ...

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

The Serpens Nebula is a prime location for studying the formation of stars and planets. It is approximately 1,300 light-years from Earth.

The outflow is about 625 light-years from Earth in one of the closest star-forming regions of our Milky Way galaxy, according to NASA. A light-year is equivalent to almost 6 trillion miles.

In classical models of stellar evolution, so far little importance has been attached to the early evolution of stars. Thomas ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System sailed through the Orion Complex, part of the vast Radcliffe Wave structure. This ...