but they pale in comparison to the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070). The Tarantula resides in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own located 160,000 light-years away. This nebula ...

The Eagle Nebula (M16) is a grand star-forming area. Its pillars of dust and gas are nurseries for new stars, and thus it is a center of celestial activity. The Carina Nebula (NGC 3372 ...

Tucked away in a stellar graveyard known as the Gaia Sausage, scientists have discovered a cosmic oddity with a potentially huge impact: a rare actinide-boost star called LAMOST J0804+5740.

The Orion Nebula, a local star-forming complex, is captured in breathtaking detail by James Webb. See the birth of stars and planetary systems. The Tarantula ... bright colors. NGC 346, a star ...

NGC 7789 in Cassiopeia is particularly notable for its huge mass of relatively faint stars, all set in a rich Milky Way star field, which makes for a great scene in binoculars or a small telescope.

The two researchers discovered a new species of tarantula that lives high in the Chiricahua Mountains, about 135 miles southeast of Tucson. The spiders are small as tarantulas go — no more than ...

A captive-bred Mexican fireleg tarantula is seen up close outside Tarantulas of Mexico, a breeding facility in the northwestern state of Jalisco. Firelegs and other species of tarantulas are ...

The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Crater (The Cup).

NEW YORK — Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists more hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thought. Astronomers know that the universe is being pushed ...

capturing a glowing 1.3 light-years diameter elliptical ring of gas around the center of the explosion of supernova 1987A on the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

And also this week, the Australian government approved the extension of one of the world's largest gas facilities until 2070. But this decision isn't about climate change. At least not under ...