The birthplace of stars begins within large, cold clouds of gas and dust, which eventually collapse under the weight of ...

Scientists have unveiled an enormous gas cloud just 300 light-years from the solar system that measures about full 40 moons ...

The National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus ...

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant ...

Scientists have uncovered a colossal, previously hidden hydrogen cloud, named Eos, just 300 light-years from Earth — the ...

The NASA New Horizons spacecraft's extensive observations of Lyman-alpha emissions have resulted in the first-ever map from the galaxy at this important ultraviolet wavelength, providing a new look at ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

Discover the mysterious 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar visitor to our solar system! Was it an asteroid, comet, or an alien ...

Explore the possibility of a second Earth-like planet within our own solar system.

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...