The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young central star cluster called Dolidze 25, located outside of the image frame.

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

Orion Nebula: Believed to be the cosmic fire of creation by the Maya of Mesoamerica, Messier 42 blazes brightly in the constellation Orion. This stellar nursery, is only 1,500 light-years away ...

glowing from the intense ultraviolet radiation being pumped out by the hot stellar core. This composite picture of the Helix Nebula was assembled by astronomers by blenindg ultra-sharp NASA Hubble ...

The stunning photo, taken after an intense ... is the result of these powerful stellar forces sculpting the gas clouds. The nebula is believed to contain star-forming regions, with studies ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) team has captured the clearest images of the universe in its earliest stages—when it ...

Fleming made major scientific discoveries and belonged to the Harvard Computers, a team of women who processed astronomical ...

The new initiative will help students in rural areas learn more about astronomy. Can it inspire the next generation of ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in an ever-expanding cosmos. This breakthrough led to the ...