Images from ALMA telescope provide insight to the earlier years of our universe.

Stars are born in dense molecular clouds, but did they always form this way? Recent research suggests that in the early ...

Researchers at Kyushu University have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from “fluffy” molecular clouds.

Scientists have unlocked the 3D structure of molecular clouds in the Milky Way’s center, using a groundbreaking X-ray technique. These cosmic clouds, vital for star formation, were illuminated by past ...

SOFIA captures the magnetic field lines shaping the Keyhole Nebula, revealing hidden forces at play in the Carina Nebula.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will take stock of water’s cosmic origins by scanning the galaxy for hidden reservoirs.

Space is home to a great many oddities, and even chemistry gets strange out there. In fact, there are even some molecules that you'd never find here on Earth.

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG) are delighted to ...

This image of the Andromeda Galaxy is based on data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope. This image of the Andromeda Galaxy, captured by the Herschel Space Observatory, reveals a detailed view ...

The gigantic mirror of the Rosse telescope has long been engaged in ... The view which Sir John Herschel had long since formed on the behavior of the fleecy clouds of a summer night under the ...