Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, where high concentrations of gas and dust coalesce to form a baby ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the ​​colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, one of the most luminous and ...

Astronomers detect signs of a massive, invisible black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which may collide with the Milky ...

A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful colors.

The Large Magellanic Cloud is gradually moving toward the Milky Way and scientists estimate that the two galaxies might ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...

Scientists have seen a powerful explosion from a mysterious, unknown object in space. Researchers do not know where the ...

A Milky Way collision with a supermassive black hole might be closer than we thought. Hidden deep in the Large Magellanic ...