The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has unveiled its first close-up image of the cosmos, offering an extraordinary new perspective ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

Nebulae are mostly found within galaxies—specifically, in interstellar space. There's often at least one star at the core of a nebula, whether new or recently deceased, but sometimes a giant ...

Many nebulae have high-energy stars inside, or a massive explosion in their past—but some are downright chill. Frosty, even.

Every star you see in the night sky forms from a nebula, which is a large region of dust and gas in space. One such nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, is visible with binoculars or small telescopes and is ...

The massive stars within the nebula create these winds, which should create chaos in the center of this region of space as they swirl around tons of gas. However, that isn’t the case.

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

The Dark Energy Camera captured glowing nebulae in the Chamaeleon I star-forming region, illuminating the dense clouds with ...

In the newly released picture on its website nasa.gov as Astronomy Picture of the Day on June 17, it asked the question 'Can ...

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...