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

A groundbreaking discovery has been made by astronomers, who have uncovered a massive molecular cloud located just 300 ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...

An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way’s core, ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.