A Cosmic Cat’s Paw. Emission nebula NGC 6334, otherwise known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula, lies about 4,000 light-years away. Instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope recently took a detailed look at ...

The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan.

When a massive star dies, astronomers expect a familiar chemical script: hydrogen and helium on the outside, heavier elements ...

The Geminid meteor shower will hit its peak the night of Saturday, Dec. 13, and continue into the morning hours of Sunday, ...