The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 times that of the sun.

Despite what many captions claimed, the image was not a NASA photo. NASA Heliophysics Public Affairs Officer Abbey Interrante emailed Snopes to say that the photo was "not a NASA ...

An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially ...

Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ever since.