On Sunday (Oct. 29), a NASA sounding rocket will study the life cycle of stars in the stunning Cygnus Loop.

The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...

The star was at the end of its life cycle when it profusely produced and expelled dust into space more than 4.6 billion years ago.

Before stars become massive glowing bodies of hot gas and planets develop conditions that can sustain life, they start out as a deep-space plate of tiny, icy ingredients. And now, NASA has gotten ...

In a $19.5 million NASA-funded mission, a team at George Mason University is heading a project to construct and launch a small satellite into orbit.

NASA's Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare phase of a star in the constellation Sagittarius on the cusp of dying.

Chemical ingredients identified around protostars, known as IRAS 2A and IRAS 23385, are tied to familiar parts of life on Earth: margaritas, vinegar and ant stings, NASA said.

It's the one-year anniversary of cosmic observations and photographs from the James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA is celebrating by releasing one of its best shots yet. A new image shows a ...

Supernovae are part of a great life cycle. They spray heavy metals forged in a star's core into the clouds of surrounding dust and gas.

The star was at the end of its life cycle when it profusely produced and expelled dust into space more than 4.6 billion years ago.