Now known as the “Taieri Pet”, this unusually shaped cloud is an almost permanent fixture ... clouds like this can be a problematic sign. However, as Law continues, if you are airborne ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the colourful ejections of two protostars at the centre of Lynds 483.

This cloud is supplemented with material from the gaseous, butterfly-shaped nebula beyond; the stars grow from material that accretes onto them from the dusty doughnut. The jets and outflows are ...

Once you understand how certain clouds develop their shapes, you can learn to forecast ... of these clouds look especially crisp, it’s a sign that heavy rain or snow may be imminent.

But perhaps the oddest of all is the Oort Cloud, a vast field of icy debris extending out to 100,000 times the distance between Earth and the Sun. We have a rough idea of the size and shape of this ...