On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

The image reveals swirling gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula-our nearby universe’s most prolific star factory, 160,000 ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

The Tarantula Nebula is making new stars even though it shouldn’t be By Joshua Hawkins Published Jun 18th, 2023 8:18PM EDT Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team ...

A colorized composite image captures the Veil Nebula. It’s a portion of the doughnut-shaped Cygnus Loop, the result of a supernova explosion several thousand years ago. Photograph by NASA/ESA ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have been striving to measure the rate at which the Universe is expanding. Two main methods have been used: one based on observations of the cosmic microwave ...

Researcher Chris Hamilton collects a tarantula in Sonora, Mexico, in an undated photo. Since 2016, Hamilton has been involved in the identification of 15 new species of giant spiders in North America.

Of course, we can’t forget about the most impressive object in the southern sky — the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070), located in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

That’s when she spotted a spooky event: a tarantula crawling right over her doorbell camera. It’s not uncommon for Ring cameras to catch unexpected visitors.

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is the largest and brightest region of star formation in the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, Andromeda and 20 other smaller ...

A team of scientists has developed a new model for ‘very massive stars’ and their impact on the formation of black holes.