They're important to scientists because they're the chemical precursors to the molecules that build life, such as amino acids ...

This star factory is the largest and brightest in its host galaxy. Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope caught this stunning image of the Tarantula nebula, the largest and brightest stellar factory in ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy ...

Joyce's nebula scene captures the expanding shell of the supernova remnant CTB 1, also known as both the Garlic Nebula and ...

Astronomers studying the aftermath of a supernova explosion have located the original star, a celestial body that should have ...

For a decade and a half, astronomers have been on the trail of a galactic mystery. In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has studied the puzzling Herbig-Haro object 49/50, created by a nearby forming star. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI On the back end of a telescope, looks can be ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer’s image of the “Raging Baboon Nebula” in Corona Australis reveals a baboon-like face with blue ...

Left: section of the MIRI image. Right: section of the NIRCam image. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg (University of Florida), Nazar Budaiev (University of Florida), Taehwa Yoo (University of ...

The world's most famous telescope is celebrating in style with new views of Mars, nebulas and a galaxy that reminds us of home. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the "whirlpool galaxy," also known as Messier 51, or ...