The Milky Way can be seen as something of a bully, having devoured many smaller galaxies to achieve its vast mass, and ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Beauty Of Tarantula Nebula This nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the most active star-forming regions, filled ...

The Orion Nebula, a nursery for new stars, is showcased in this breathtaking image, with young stars and protostars shining ...

Caldwell 71, or NGC 2477, is an open star cluster. Open clusters are loosely bound collections of stars. It is located roughly 4,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis.

A new study has unveiled new insights into the effects of massive stars on nearby molecular gas and star formation in the W4 ...

The Universe is full of dust, and a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope highlights just how important it is.

A nearby planetary system is seen in detail in our first look at an asteroid belt outside our solar system in infrared light ...