A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful colors.

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have studied one of the largest young star clusters in our galaxy, ...

The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Like its mythological namesake, the Phoenix Cluster burns with blisteringly hot gas, which cools to birth stars. The James ...

NGC 3603 is a cluster of massive, hot stars encircled by clouds of interstellar gas and dust, which serve as the building blocks for new star formation.

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with ...

Since Hubble’s launch, astronomers have discovered over 1 trillion galaxies, but Andromeda stands out as the closest and most ...

SOFIA captures the magnetic field lines shaping the Keyhole Nebula, revealing hidden forces at play in the Carina Nebula.

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

See the iconic Pillars of Creation in this 3D visualization created from James Webb and Hubble Space Telescope data. Credits Producer Greg Bacon (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), NASA's Universe of ...