"These images have such incredible detail that we will be scrutinizing them for many years to come." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

"Breathtaking" images of a stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are revealing intricate details about how stars and planetary systems form. The images, released ...

In 1993, when the Hubble Space Telescope surveyed the Orion nebula for the first time, its images provided a substantial boost for the argument that stars with planetary systems are commonplace in the ...

Astronomers offered a new hypothesis for what created pairs of objects nicknamed JuMBOs, while other scientists argue they may not really exist. The Orion Nebula, top, seen from La Hayuela, Cantabria, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is shedding light on mysteries surrounding brown dwarfs, following decades of questions left unresolved by earlier missions. Astronomers have long wondered if ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Hubble Space Telescope captured two young stars named HOPS 150, which glows a bright golden ...

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See the Orion Nebula through the eyes of the ESA's Herschel Space Telescope, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech What Jimmy Kimmel ...

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

Using the High Resolution Camera (HRC) aboard Chandra, a joint team of researchers, including E. Flaccomio, S. Sciortino, G. Micela and F. Damiani of the Osservatorio di Astronomico di Palermo and ...