The clue to the central star's nomadic past comes in the form of a distinct bow shock observed adjacent to the star — a ...

When the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were released in 2022, one in particular became instantly iconic: a striking orange and blue view of the Carina Nebula, affectionately known ...

Often bucking tradition, these women sought knowledge of the universe and reimagined the way we view the cosmos.

Black holes are the hungry monsters of the cosmos: enormously dense objects that can suck in any material which strays too ...

Using NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories, astronomers found the cosmic object in an unexpected place.

It is a strange variable nebula associated with the variable star PV Cephei, which ranges from magnitude 14.6 to 18.1 and lies 1,600 light-years away. Like Hubble’s Variable Nebula or Hind’s ...

Rather than solid arms, spiral galaxies may show density waves—regions where matter slows down and bunches up, like cars in ...

Astrophysicists believe these invisible giants lurk in the heart of virtually all galaxies. Recent Hubble observations have bolstered the theory that they begin in the dusty cores of starburst ...

The new TDE, called AT2024tvd, allowed astronomers to pinpoint a wandering supermassive black hole using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, with similar supporting observations from NASA's Chandra X ...

And now, a new study has found that the vaccine could lower the risk of heart disease for up to eight years. In the long-running study, researchers analyzed up to 12 years of data for more than 1. ...