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

David Leckrone's Hubble Ultra Deep Field image reveals a breathtaking view of deep space, filled with vivid colors and a rich blend of stars and cosmic elements. Robert O'Dell captured striking rays ...

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away.

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NASA's Hubble Telescope has unveiled stunning images of dying stars, revealing their striking beauty even in death. These ...

Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

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The Full or Flower Moon is on May 12. The Moon is Last Quarter, rising at midnight, on May 20. On the 22nd, the waning ...

Eos may never form stars—but it’s offering a new way to see the invisible parts of our galaxy. The newly identified molecular ...

One of the most famous and beautiful cosmic sights shows its colors in this new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The Veil Nebula is the remnant of a massive star which exploded in a supernova 10 ...

It's named Eos, after the Greek goddess of the dawn, and contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas.

Much of the material in neither category lies in star-forming regions like the Orion Nebula, previously thought to be the nearest ... The team thinks it probable the gas will be spread across the ...