For years, Spitzer peered through dusty clouds at untold stars and galaxies ... targets and churned out more than 36 million raw images as part of the $1.4 billion mission. An estimated 4,000 ...

VISION seeks to map all of the star-forming clouds within 1,600 light-years of Earth that are visible from the Southern Hemisphere. You can explore the image in an interactive app on the VISION ...

And they are stunning. The images offer a glimpse of Cassiopeia A, the famous remnant of a supernova, or exploding star. Glowing purple gas clouds can be seen around the remains of the star.

NGC 685, a smaller cousin of our Milky Way, dazzles with youthful energy as newborn stars light up its spiral arms.

Cometary globules are a hard-to-detect subclass of so-called Bok globules, which are isolated and dense clouds of gas and ... captures record-breaking image of a dead star's scattered remains ...

Amid an enormous cloud of dust and gas, thousands of stars are forming. Many of these stars have never been seen before, but these images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are revealing ...

Dominant cosmological theories posit that stars are formed in molecular clouds that are sufficiently ... enough to capture higher-resolution images of the SMC. “Our study was motivated by ...

A far infrared image of the Small ... The song “Little Fluffy Clouds” was a breakout hit during the dawn of techno music. Turns out, it may also be an apt description of stellar nurseries — the ...

The JWST will help scientists better understand the molecules present in planetary nebulae -- the clouds of gas and dust expelled by dying stars. While the images released this week are ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The universe is huge, yet astronomers have looked at a few parts of ...

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