The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

Over the decades, a select group of authors and stories have risen above the rest, earning prestigious accolades like the ...

In 2015, NASA celebrated the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th year in orbit by releasing one of its most stunning images to date ...

Each ring is formed in the aftermath of an explosion, giving insight into the dynamic activity of SVS 13 from its infancy. An ...

Stunning cosmic clouds and stars are captured in this image of Melotte 15 showing the newborn star cluster in the core of the so-called Heart nebula. Astrophotographer Jaspal Chadha of London took ...

Here are seven of the most beautiful nebula images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, showcasing the breathtaking ...

Nestled some 2,500 light-years away in the Ring Nebula, a star is in the last throes of its life. And as it dances with a companion star, at probably the same distance apart as Earth is to Pluto, the ...

The Crab Nebula, one of the most studied remnants of a supernova explosion observed nearly a thousand years ago, has been ...

Nebulae are some of the most breathtaking sights in the universe — vast clouds of gas and dust where stars are born, or where they meet their spectacular ends. From the delicate wisps of the Veil ...

This new James Webb Space Telescope image features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537–the Red Spider Nebula. Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), JWST has revealed never-before-seen details in ...

Each of these images is a composite view of the Southern Ring Nebula. They combine data from two instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope: The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and the Near-Infrared ...

The famous Horsehead Nebula has been literally seen in an entirely different light, as NASA's Spitzer captures it in infrared. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...