To mark its 25th year in orbit, NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope released an image of the star cluster Westerlund 2. They contain fibre and natural antibacterial properties that aid digestion, ...

This is the biggest HII nebula in the local cluster of galaxies, and there is a lot of interesting things to see, including the most massive star, the brightest star, and the fastest rotating star.

M67 or the King Cobra/Golden Eye Cluster, and the spiral galaxy C48. Those in the Southern Hemisphere are encouraged to look for planetary nebula C90 in addition to the four cosmic objects listed ...

This breathtaking image of V838 Mon showcases a star located approximately 20,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros constellation, situated at the outer edge of the Milky Way galaxy.

Over 50,000 submissions are made for images on U.S. stamps every year, and out of those, about 40 are turned into real stamps. For Kevin Luhman, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, ...

The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

NGC 2566: The galaxy filling the frame in this James Webb Space Telescope image is NGC 2566, a spiral galaxy in the ...

Euclid has two instruments: its visible light camera, VIS, and its near-infrared light camera, NISP. NISP allows Euclid to ...

Binoculars never get enough credit when it comes to stargazing. They don’t have as much light-gathering ability and ...