Modern astronomical observatories send us an enormous amount of data, which is generally examined and shared in the form of ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

Doradus 30, also known as 30 Doradus or the Tarantula Nebula, is a massive star-forming region located in the Large ...

The popular belief that European astronomy from the late Middle Ages and early Modern Age was more advanced than that of ...

As the most intense star-forming region in the Local Group, 30 Doradus is of particular importance to astronomers.

Br Guy Consolmagno, the director of the Vatican Observatory, has published a new book entitled A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars.

RCW 38 lies approximately 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. Unlike many star clusters that appear as simple ...

Webb Telescope captures stunning new images of HH 30, revealing a dynamic protoplanetary disc where planets form.

It was, of course, a great joy for me when we could confirm the planet’s existence,” said Dr. Cretignier. “It was also a ...

Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

It might be hard spotting Venus on Valentine's Day in Indiana because of cloudy weather. February, however, is still the best month to see it.