"The protostars are midway down the path to becoming mature stars." Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the ...

In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures extraordinary images of young stars, shedding light on star formation in the Orion Nebula.

Dive into a celestial masterpiece with the Hubble Space Telescope's latest snapshot of the Large Magellanic Cloud, showcasing ...

What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...

In 2011, the 30-year space shuttle program ended as Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With five shuttles ...

An international team of scientists has produced the clearest three-dimensional view yet of the Ring Nebula—one of the night ...

I’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen the Ring Nebula. It’s a favourite amongst stargazers around the globe and ...

RIT Professor Joel Kastner leads a research team that determines the true three-dimensional structure of the iconic Ring ...