and there are stars in the Orion Nebula that are still forming today. Millions of years from now, future astronomers will record the wave of new stars passing deeper into the great molecular cloud ...

The Orion Nebula, the closest massive star-forming region to Earth, has long captivated stargazers with its brilliant glow ...

Astronomers have long wondered if these so-called “failed stars” could be surrounded by protoplanetary discs after their formation. Now, new observations in the Orion Nebula provide ...

Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

Eos may never form stars—but it’s offering a new way to see the invisible parts of our galaxy. The newly identified molecular ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Orion Nebula is a giant gas cloud 1,344 light years away. It's also a cosmic factory for producing new stars. Astronomers recently observed over 900 small ...

PhotoView a photo of Rosette Nebula, by Rob Gendler ... can study it in some detail, is the star Betelgeuse, 425 light years away in the constellation of Orion. It has grown to be 600 times ...

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The gorgeous Eagle Nebula is one of the most iconic objects in the cosmos, known affectionately as the Pillars of Creation. One of the most famous images ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope ...

A new view of the Helix Nebula reveals a dying white dwarf star at the nebula's center. This star's violent eating habits could be responsible for strange X-ray emissions in the region.

There are few more iconic images from the Hubble Space Telescope than this one. A colossal pillar of gas and dust towering ...