"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process." ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...

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The agency is encouraging astronomy clubs to throw “star parties” to introduce people to the nebulae and galaxies spotted by ...

He began taking photographic plates of the spiral nebulae. These glass plates recorded images of the night sky using a light-sensitive emulsion covering their surface. The telescope’s size let ...

The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million years old. Within the Flame Nebula, there are objects so small that their cores ...

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Nebula has set the cast for its upcoming short film from "Night of the Coconut" director and popular video essayist Patrick ...